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Owned by the Vancouver, New Westminster and restrict Trades and Labor Council Official Organ of The Canadian Ia ,p>r No. 9iS~EIGHT PAGES , TO) VANCOUVER, B.C., M /N\pV^ P *y ,926 FIVE CENfS PER COPY Teamsters Make Appeal' To Council for Support .--' '\..:. *... . . — Cartage Companies.Will Not Recognize Union—Trades Council to Donate Cup* for Sports—Five Day Week Campaign Uilidei- Way — Hospital Governor Doubts Usefulness of- That Body. DELEGATE GILBERT of the Teamster, Chauffeurs, Stablemen * and Helpers' Union made a stirring appeal on behalf bf his organization at the regular meeting of' the Trades arid Labor Council, Tuesday eveningvTTfe inforriied the delegates that this- was tire first appeal made by the teamsters since the union was organized. They were striving to' get recognition1 ftom. the local cartage companies, but were not making as good progress as desired. He appealed to organized labor, to ask teamsters to show their union card when delivering goods, and to lend a'll the moral support possible to get the cartage firms to recognize the union,-- ' He stated that five of the biggest firms in the city were organized 100 per cent., but at the present time these firms had declined to recognize the union. Most of the men were •Married, and desired to better their conditions, and to keep ud harmonious relations* with the firms. This could riot be done however, if the firms.refused to recognize the Union. There weTe still many men outside -the union who must be induced to . join, he therefore urged that all union men accenting goods from1* cartage employees ask the drivers to show their cards. »■'■•■' ;The executive committee of the council will devise ways and means of helping the teamsters. rUeuncil promised to obtain- the -help, - of thebuilding trades.-' To Meet City Council Committee : In conjunction with the Painters Union executive, the Trades Council executive will annroach the Fire and Police Committee on the question of having all work*at the fire halls done by the union labor affected. A communication received froni Marshell-Wells. Co., informed the council that they carry stocks of thoroughly tested non-poisonous paint made by the New Jersey Zinc Co. and known under'the trade name of "40- 4"0-20." This paint is made in Can- ' ada. y. The Council voted $10 to the Labor Defence League1 on behalf of the Drumheller miners, and endorsed a resolution protesting against the use of the Nortlj West Territories Act ih ..railroading min^s to prison. To Donate Silver Cup* The council concurred in a recommendation from the executive committee to donate two silver-cups to the Amateur Association of B.C., as football and baseball trophies. Del. ftirtlctt renorted that the organizing committee had signed up a large number of news vendors,- a large meeting held, and a charter ap- plied for. Del. Watt (clumbers) reported his union negotiating for an increase in pay_and a five day week. . Several firms had already agreed to the $9 scale for a large percentage of their employees. '.- "" ' • ■ Tailors Offer Suggestions Pel. McDonald (tailors), feported his union preparing for «n" organizing drive, and urged the delegates to order union-made suits, ,or to see that tbe bushel-man is a union.man. in the i^ady-made suit store that sell suits that have been made, in non-union ■ sweiit-shops in the East. . pel. Hunt, (Steam Engineers) stated that working Conditions in his craft were fair, and that the union iwas.holding a cabaret supper, at the Ambassador on Monday. ■ '■' A Governor Reports ; Del. Page (Carnentcrs) reporting . as a Governor on the Hospital Board, jnformed the Council that printed reports were nasaed out and adonted without any chance for discussion. Directors were nominated by one Civil Servants Stilt in Dark on Wages The government is now in possession of the recommendations of the Civil Service Commission on Salary Revision. But after waiting patient-, ly'for nearly twd years, we are still in the dark as to what will happen to.our salaries oh April 1st next. We are sure everyone will agree that, £6 say the least, this is a most unsatisfactory method, of dealing with such an important question, affecting as it does nearly every Civil Servant ,. -"-■'■ iiJ^e-WSseiittaBiHwiase^ilfe"^^ ; od of .dealing with the salary ques-' tion should convince' parliament of the necessity of providing machinery that will function in a more satisfactory ahd expeditious manner and at the same time it shoultj-bring home ■to Civil Servants of. all branches apd departments the crying need for unity, on all matters of common interest.—The Organizer. COLLINGWOOD F.L.P. STILL CARRIES ON WHIST DRIVES The. Collingwood branch of the F. L.P. are still holding whist drives every Friday evening in the Collingwood G.W.V.A. Hall, at Kingsway and Joyce.' These events have been quite an asset to the organization during the' winter and the organization is planning to keep something of a similar nature going for the, summer. Six good prizes are given away as well as refreshments for the sum of 25 cents. ' •* , The branch has agreed to become n'art of the l.L.P. and will continue td hold ,its regular meetings on th'e 2nd and 4th' Thursdays of evcrv month. E. P. Crosby, 2994 Ray Ave., is the secretary. • • .KINGSTON PLUMBERS WANT WAGE INCREASE . Kingston, Ont.—The boss plumbers' of- the city received official notification to the effect that 'commencing April 1st, the journeymen, plumbers would ask an increase in wages from 80"to 90 cents per hour. Sydney.—The. 44-bour week in New South Wales has caused .a decided reduction in unemployment without any reduction "in the weekly wages. ' _-.•*.- another and nobody else got a ehance to get on the directorate. The governors only hold one meeting-.a year and that hardly seems worth while. Under the.headine of reports from unions, Bricklayers reported the adoption of a five-day week, from May to October. The Tilesetters and Masons' are discussinc the question at a later date, ' '■ V Del. Page reported that the car- nenters had decided on a five-day week for the whole year. - - Del. Neelands signified his intention of reporting his stewardship ■ in 'he House at the next Council meeting. •',-;.'- •'-,•■«-. /* tf j. s. wooc * .e. , • SEC. . .USriSE Ottawa. — RteJ> e of the forty-six unemployed men who were arrested in Calgary and convicted on a charge of obtaining meals at a restaurant and failing to pay for them has teen obtained. The men were sentenced to -thirty daya!. imprisonment. , • .Representations on their behalf were made by J. S. Woods- worth, Labor member, and the Trades and Labor congress of Calgary communicated with Hon. Ernest Lapointe, minister of justice, stating that the' men we're without work which was' unobtainable. The case was taken up by the clemency branch of the justice department, and the release of the *m6n granted. ' Trades Council Wants School Reforms Made The following resolution calling upon the Vancouver School Board to proceed to carry out measures advised by the'School Survey Commission and to ignore the dictates of the Property Owners Association was moved by Del. Neelands, M.L.A:, at the regular .meeting oj? the Trades and Labor-Council on Tuesday evening* and unanimously endorsed: "WHEitEAS, educational and administrative reformsc have been_recohimend- ed by the School Survey Commission In UritiMli Columbia,' composed Qt, two p-ftfMff"'1' SCfW tie'---ttlWililtnity '"Vel-seTT '(school- :buslness, administration and' iu-auHee; . . A.N"B WHEKEAS, ".the ademption of these educational rpfprms will be or f-'reat value to all classes, e.spec'allv to thcisc^nrho havtj to . work for ft-p living, and prominent among these Is the p'rti'- posaa !>-:'-:! plan, 'the bureau of educational measurements, and vocational guidance, all of which have long 'passed the experimental stage and have been thoroughly tested;'* ... . , . AND WHERbAS, these reforms are being' oppose'd' by organised HelflshrieS.a fn the form of the Vancouver Property Owners' Association, because of tRelr reluctance to pay for popular-education and their undemocratic opposition to equ&Hty Ot eclueatiohal opportunity; AND WHEItEAS. certain members of the Vancouver School Board accept dictation from this association and cere in consequence, trying to evade' the carrying out of the reforms outlined by. the survey. BE IT , THEBHFOKE KES0LVED that Vancouver and District Trades and Labor Council call/ppon "the Vancouver School Board to proceed' forthwith to carry out Kuril measures advised hv the Survey as it is their functlblvto nut Into effect—Ignoring the dictation of Vancouver. Property Owners' Association*—and remembering that aj-ebrdlng to the. SchoQl Act they are the representatives of all of the Inhabitants of the city arid not of a selfish group ajone. BE IT FURTHEIJ RESOLVED, that a delegation from this council be named to present thrs resolution at the next meeting of .the School'Board, and-that copies be forwarded to the Department of Education at Victoria, and' to the* local press." ALBERTA LABOR PARTY WILL NOT HELP TORIES Speaking for the ' Alberta Labor party, Fred White, M.L.A.; has "de-; cline'd w|th thanks" the .invitation of A. A. McGillivray, the leader ol the Provincial Conservative Party to join the Tories of Alberta. Reply to, the Conservative chief, Mr. White in one paragraph said: "It seems,to me that Mr. McGillivray has about pgiveri up ho"pe of resurrecting the party in Alberta Province, and he is trying to get Labor men to make nominations and get Conservatives thrpugh irf the guise of Labor men as a last resort." , Mr. White alBO stated that he could not understand why Mr. McGillivray would expect Labor to walk in- and be swallt*wt?d-up hv a-partj^who at the end of 21 years' existence in the Province of Alberta", has. not even one representative in the Legislature. Politicians rnufst feel sorry for umpires. Umpires must make decisions. —N. Y. Telegraph and Mail. Five-Day Week Becoming Reality THE FIVE-DAY WEEK is on its way. It will be in force in Vancouver, this year in- many trades. It is part of "the progress that labor is making toward a realization of its dreams and asperations, It is within the memory of most of us when the twelve, and even fourteen-hour day, and ; the seven-day week was the custom. But labor organized, and fought for, and won, shorter, hours. In some instances lays have" he'eri put pn the, , statute books such as "The Lord's Day* Acf'jind ''Hours of Work Act" but every worker knows that these acts are not strictly enforced. Only organized labor itself can 'enforce these conditions. •■■_■'. ' There will be a considerable quantity of ink spilt denouncing the five-, dfcy week, just as.there was against the twelve, ten and eight-hour days.. There will be all kinds of pessimistic talk. We will be informed that business will .go. to the bow-wows, factories-will close, building operations will cease, bankruptcy wiil stare us all in the face. But what are'the facts. ■"' Let us consider Europe. Men, women^and children are working long hours, the full six, ahd in_many cases the seven-day week is in vogue. Do we-find prosperity-there? Do we find a happy, contented working class? Do we find good-wages-an-d-ir~greater purchasing power? No! we don't find these things, but we do find a very big UNEMPLOYED army, ever striving efforts-to migrate and a very very low standard of living. . Let us look at North America, where organized labor obtains HIGH wages-^-thfe kind of wages that gblutflefjats shudder at giving—SHORT hours—the hours that the business^ih^n thinks will ruin his business—and then take a glance at business CONDITIONS in the United States. You wilLjgee it flourishing beyond the most optimistic expectations. The Building Boom is, continuing in spite of the ,$12 a day wage. The Automobile Boom is growing in spite of the $6 a day helper and the $10 a day mechanic. The wage earner is spending his money in America he is not taking trips to Europe to spend it. He Earns it in America, Spends it in America, and BOOMS America. , ■ ' '.• We workers in Canada want to see Canada BOOM. That is 4Vhy we want the five-day week and a decent living wage. /">*.* ' , i .■>*''' " '■ ■ . ' ''"'• ■= Orgy of Talk at Ottawa Stopped THE LEAK has been stopped at the Gas House. No better name could have been devised for a house of parliament. The House has been sitting sincejanuary 7th ;and 1,500 pages of'TALK'is all that Hansard^ has been passed. The Conservatives have acted" like two-year-old children who could not have their way, and the Liberals have acted like a'bunch'of scared sheep. -And it has cost the nation several thousand dollars a stay. During election time they all roared about economizing, about what the other fellow had not done or should have done, about tlre~po*OF~oVerlp~atle"d~ taxpayer, and above air things what they^ and "KlElR--party, would do. And we have just had an example of what they flnWAYS do. TALK to the galleries, TALK for the press—but even the press ignored their ramb- lings'on this occasion. '. On March 15th this same mob of political yahoos will make another start on another rumpage, unless their masters—-BIG BUSINESS—stepson their pet corns arid pulls-their noses. But the legislation will not be the kind wanted by the horny handed son of toil, it will not be'bt the kind that will ease the deciding years of the old and feeble, it Will, not be in the" interest of the widow and the orphan- or even that desired by the old moss backed farmer.- It will be legislation—camaflaged perhaps—but for all intents and purposes, in the interest of those who pay the piper, call the tune and get the jack—BIG BUSINESS. Result of Attack on Wed. Half Holiday - The attack on the Retail Clerks' Wednesday hajf holiday has been giv-. en the? quietus, for the time being, as the result of a big mass metting held in the. Hotel Vancouver last Thursday evening. The meeting unanimously opposed the proposed abolition of the Wednesday half-holiday. Over 600 new members joined the union as a result of the meeting. New members are still being enrolled. The speakers at "the meeting were, R. H. Neelands, Dr. Lyle Telford, Mayor L. D. Taylor, Robert Skinner, (Spud Tamson), secretary- and S. Blight, president. V too HALIFAX TRADES OUNCIL • RED FOR PLUMBERS The Plumbers' and Steamfitters' Union, in session Friday, February 12, decided: to break away from'tfie Halifax -(N.S.) Trades and Labor Council. The secretary stated in an interview that the reason .for the move was. that "communistic elements were entfering into the council." "■f ■ A $40,000,000 Dominion Government bond issue wa? quickly absorbed in the New York money markets.—A #65,000,000 issue is to be sold ip Canada.—Now you workers, here is a chance'to put your'surplus earnings (?)/ to work.—Don't all speak at once. . '. ' "A person -of fe* words may be gifted With speakihg eyes to make iiip the deficiency." News Venders in * Vancouver Organize • A splendid meeting of .News Ven^ dors was held Wednesday evening to" complete details of organization. Practically every adult news vendor, in the city was in attendance and are kow members of the union. A percentage of boys are also in the union but outside influences are being used to keep the boys' at least out of the union. The dues.decided upon are 50c initiation fee for adults and 25c. per month, dues for adults and boys. Buttons are" to be secured so that the union vendors can be distinguished from the non-union-. HAMILTON TRADES COUNCIL CONDEMN TRADE SCHOOLS Trade, schools were condemned by the ' Hamilton Trades and Labor Council at their last ijieeting. Schools where barbering and bricklaying is claimed to be taught in from six weeks, to three months were severely criticized by speakers. Secretary H. S. Mitchell was asked to communi-' cate: with Premier Ferguson voicing the objections of the council, Jjnd asking that such schools be aboli-ffied. Be a good sport,.pay. up -regularly.. and cheerfully, thereby permitting your secretary to.-keep young arid maintaih his schoolboy complexion. Through collective action the workers raise living standards, foster education-, uproot ignorance, shorten hours and lengthen life. * * HUSH** ~r&ams&r^m!&i& t^stsstsM H . as I .,... .*- TK^CKjsa-^ffl - --^'HWW-m^ ' \' -.-*'- THE LABOR STATESMAN March, Sth, 1926 I faikn a child—and behold a new Duke or Earl. . Indeed, this is nothing, when we look at records of murder- and violence which constitute the history of the legitimate families. People who suffer, as our aristocracy does, from the disadvantages of a criminal .ancestry, often also from inter-marriage and degeneracy, have claims on our sympathy, and we do not expect in their public remarks the intelligence shown by an ordinary ■worker. But there are limits to our tolerance.1 . - * . '."Although .you have not the courage to come to a public meeting, such a gathering will be held. We will, leave a place for you on the platform if at the last moment you can pluCk up enough courage to come and face a public audience and defend your position. If not, judgment will go against you in your absence. "Yours faithfully, . " *-'; GEORGE LANSBURY. COMMONER TALKS TURKEY TO ARROGANT BRITISH DUKE GEORGE LANSBURY, editor of Lansbury's Labor Weekly, recently .tried to arrange a debate on the land question between Andrew MacLaren, Labor M.P., and the Duke of Northumberland. The duke is one of Britain's largest landowner?, all .inherited, some of which is coal- bearing land, producing about fifteen million tons'of coal aiftiually. George Lansbury says: ■-.'.-, "Last week in an open letter to Andrew MacLaren, M.P., '• we proposed a public debate between himself and the Duke of Northumberland on the land question.- In order to bring masters-to a head I wrote to the Duke asking him to take part in auch a public debate. - •- The Puke, in fits rejily, published in the Daily Herald, said that such a debate would be "a waste of time," and added:— '■ "If Mr. MacLarcn's views are shared by Mr. Lansbury and his friends, the proposal amounts to'an invitation from an insignificant society of robbers to debate the morality and the equity of the Eighth -Commandment. ^ In answer to these: contemptuous, insolent, and arrogant statements, I have written to the noble Duke as -follows: "My Lord,—I am in "receipt of your letter of January 21st, which, if you will permit me to say so, is quite ' typical and worthy of a man whose whole existence from the day of his . birth till now has depended on the •—inherited right of his parents and himself to rob, plunder, and exploit the workers of this land. I admire, and I am sure all those who read your letter, will admire your audacity, insolence, and courage. You are saying, what - many others of your class would like to say, but'lack the brazennt'ss to say. . "This, however, does",not excuse your impudent assumption that your title to. own thousands of acres of land and extract toll from the labour of others who risk, life and health in getting coal,- is on all-fours with the *Tight of a poor min. .to own his <fwn clothes or to own a)piece of land which out of his own. hard earnings he has bought- and, paid for. You and your class never earn one penny, never intend to eatn one penny, but have'lived and still live on the pro- , cecds ofbther people's labor. When I was a boy your family and others of our old nobility plundered the citi- zenJS of L.Qjldorj of^niilll^psjsttjiounds ' ji(^iply™Because"EIiose citizens desired • to improve the centre oi our great city. Northumberland Avenue and : the adjacent land was formerly enclosed as the ancestral home of your house. You know perfectly well what it was valued at for rateable purposes and you know too, the extortionate rate at which the citizens of London Ipd to- buy out what were called the of your family. You know Tories Have Not Reduced Unemployment Great Britain.—The various capitalist newspapers on the continent have for some time past been circulating a statement to the effect that there has been a considerable decline in unemployment in Great Britain-~- as evidence, presumably, that the Conservative government has brought with it a reign of "peace and prosperity," This is even broadcast by wireless.. The facts.are as follows: According to the Ministry of Laboj>~uGazette" for December; 1925, the humber of unemployed who were registered it the ' Employment. Exchanges at the end of November, 1925, was 1,227,- 000. The corresponding figures for the end of November, 1924, was 1,- 233,000. A simple process of subtraction certainly makes it appear that the number of unemployed has diminished by 6,000 during the last twely&months of Tory rule. But it is not quite so simple as that. In July last the government introduced an amending Bill to the Unemployment Insurance Act, which'had the effect of excluding, a large number-of unemployed workers from the Employment Exchange registers, though they stilb remained without employment. The Minister of Labor admitted in the House of Commons on December 16th that during^he three months ended November 16th, 175,396 applications for extended benefits hsul been disallowed, and that only 74,557-1 of these people maintained rigistra- tion at tjie employment exchanges; about 101,000 thus having ceased to register. But the Government, of course, doesn't mention facts like that! - / It does not need any very great "(lowers of calculation to decide how much- this latest announcement is worth. - as well as I do that the value which attached to the land which' is now Northumberland Avenue was a value which neither you nor your ancestors ever did a day's work to create. It was the presence of population, the needs of the people that gave value to that land; but you and other robber nobles of Britain have got away with and are still living on the swag. "You dare not take up the challenge of Andrew MacLaren, not-because We are an' insignificant society of robbers—you know-we are not— but because you belong to a small, but powerful society of robbers, wh<i exist, by the forbearance of the people. You dare not stand before a loud speaker and claim that ypiu directly or indirectly earn a penny of the tens of, thousands you draw in mining rents and royalties; you dare not stand before, a loud speaker and say that you or your forbears ever did a useful day's work to create the value of the land* for which the citizens are not mere nomjnai members, but of London paid tribute to your fam-^ues.paying members whose heart is Three Million Now in British Labor Party Twenty-five years ago the British Labor party was a-borning. Today there are only two ont of 602 parliamentary constituencies in Great Britain in ' which sorrfe form of Labor party organization docs not exist. Party membership totals 3,209,669, as against 375,000 in 1901. These are not mere nominal members ily two generations ago. You claim that rents, royalties, way-leaves, must be the first charge, and that these must be paid even if the worker starves. You have grea? .- impudence, but I suppose it is a sign : of grace that you have not enough '<■ impudence to make so barefaced a ' claim in the, hearing' of millions of your countrymen. "One word more. D&n't imagine that you cart defend your land ownership, you :who call yourselves the noble families of Britain. Many of us have read your histories; we know from whence you came—the chop- pings and. the changings, marryings, and inter-marryings, and we know, tooi that a very large proportion^ bf you would, if you belonged to the laboring classes, be described as the children of bastards. The governing claisSes should never have allowed us td dig into history and read from the records of the "noble houses" of this country. A king's kept woman bears in the cause Sincefl901 the Labbr vote, has increased more ■ than, 5,000,000, '■ although"^ paradoxical feature of this is that/the party lost 42 seats in the 1921 election, while it'gained 1,139,- 000, vbtes^ Special progress is recorded in the women's sections, whose membership is novr 200,000, an increase of 50,000 over last year. • '•.-•.' The "Privileged" Class "Sincere and able Philip Snowdon, English labor' leader, refers in a speech to the rich as the 'privileged class.' ' , \P""It is a good effective phrase. But it has little sense to it. • "What special privileges have the rich in this country or any other? "Anyone was free to build up the Ford biotor plant, for instance, and accumulate the greatest fortune'on earth," says a writer-in-the Vancouver Sun of Saturday, f ehruary 13th, 1926. And suppose somebody else had beaten Mr. Ford in the race for fortune, what difference could- that possibly make to the privileges of the wealthy? There are many privileges incidental to wealth, not the least of which are certain golden opportunities to make more wealth on a prodigious scale—opportunities to virtually accomplish the impossible and make something out of nothing; for "the idea that the bulk of'capital comes from personal savings is no longer tenable. The total par value of -the shares and bonds of the pom- panies acquired when the UJ3. Steel Corporation was, organized in' 1901 was $881,720,994. In exchange for these, there was issued a total of shares,and bonds with a par value of $1,192,146,703—a jump in the face valtfe of the capital of $310,425,709, This did not represent the savings or. sacrifice of a cent on any invesstor's part .... It represented merely the expectation (the 'nothing' from which something was produced) of larger profits in the future . . ."—Social Service Bulletin for April,. 1924*. Philip SnoWdoh in referring to Iprivileges was talking of a class and not of individuals. He was thinking of the international few who by virtue of the ownership of the natural resources of the world virtually own the .minds and bodies of billions of their fellow men whose environment they, control, whose culture they regulate, whose thoughts they inspire, and whose whole character they shape in a mould, the metal of which was smelted from tho ore of special privilege involved in the control of almost ev'ery'averiue of education and culture. Arc not these privileges of incalculable value in terms of dollars and cents,, andjyhVwilLJjaye«the- Jardi- ""hoiSTTo deny that they belong to tho rich? Have they not..also within their grasp the privilege of administering the world's wealth in a mariner calculated to assist the forces of evolution? Yet are they content wflh Phyrric international conflicts; with- the slaughter, instead of; with the development, of millions of potential scientists and inventors; with the consequent meagre supply of material wealth that might be limitless; with the tainted culture of the' few—a culture, begotten of the, poverty of the many and nurtured on ideals that evolved from'long periods of chattel and wage slavery,, and finally, they are content; to watt'h the goose that ought to lay the golden egg slowly, starve- to .death under a system of economic pressure by which a child of fourteen is compelled to commit mental suicide by the urgent ,peces-" sity of devoting his-fime'ta problems inciderital"to the family support. And yet people wonder why,' amorigst-so many millions, ..there /are,"*SO- few' Edisons, Shakespeares and Fords.* -.'■ - Wealth still possesses!this price.Iess privilege that her'children are riot thus early apprenticed, to misfortune. Need we ask the .quesfi'ori' riiehtibn- ed above: "What special , privilege have the rich in this country, or-in any other?" Surely,' it rfeeds no Solomon to answer it j He. is a-poor logician who does not see the conjunction between liberty ..and.', social control of all public utilities/.. It is incumbent on humanity to fit herself for that, control at her earliest convenience. In no other way can we have justice for all, and special privileges-for none. '. .-•>■*• . F. W. MOORE. -FS49 MANY people living at a distance, from the bank ^Ho not realize how ' easy i t is to do banking by mail. Qur special form simplifies the bapking problem for people in out-ofr ^jte-way places. » - The Manager of our Hearest branch . will be glad to sentj^you a supply of > j~ these forms upoti request • The Royal Bank ^6f Canada In the Telephone Mirror VTOUK telephone carries more than a'Voice. It carries your per- ■*■ sonality. If you are,careful in your- choice of words;'*courteous in your manner and chcorful in your tone .of voice^TtHe telephone, .reflects a favorable picture of you. - •"'■-.• ■ ,.' '" B.'C. Telephone 6ompariy pH Think Labor Man a Menace to Society William Irvine, former Lalnu:_M.E. for -CsigaTy~East, has* sepn fi{ tp' p'roVe to us .that his field of study and endeavor is almost as wide as the poles and the pilot's plummet has not yet fathomed the depths of hi? superior mind. ■ , , On Friday evening we had a little descantation on; the subjects of thfe\ old age pension and the law regarding peaceful picketing ori Sunday. He spoke twice at the Forum' on two -widely distinct subjects, showing his usual grasp of commercialism and here yesterday he visits, the newly formed U..F. A. local in Calgary and enlightens members of - fifteen years' standing, . Who acknowledge they thought they knew it all, Qri the fundamentals, of the- Farmer 'raoy-eme.ri't and. its ramifications. v And.'there are people in this city of N Calgary, lots of them; too, who think that he is a menaceato theWell- b'ei'rig pf the country and its cons'ti- tu$ipn;rthat he is the torchvbearer of t^osfe. revolutionists who would overturn tJ)e world and cause a vacuum too .large, for the winds of heaven to fill.' Such is reputation too often a result of whisDering campaigns amongst those who follow a leader without question, a leader foisted on those who; strive to, find a way out of our present stale-mate condition and in so doing are charged with trying to forward heterodox instead of so-called orthodox method«.-^iJ. I. Fish in Alberta Labor News, i* . ' S.B0WELL&S0N .FUNERAJLDIRECIORS.---* AND EMBALMERS 66 6th St., . Now Wcitinirntor . ' Phone 993 . T. J. Kearney & Go. Funeral Directors nnd Embalmeri New Chapel and -Parlors ■Private Ambulance Service 802 Broadway W. Phone Fair. 3 THE ORGANISATION OF WOMEN WORKERS IN GREAT BRITAIN A few weeks ago it was announced that the United States unions were making arrangements for A big campaign for the organization.of,women workers. .We now hear that a great trade union organization campaign to enroll the thousands of women workers at present outside the Anions in Great Britain is to be commenced,in the next two weeks, under the direction > of a 'special committee of the General Council of tha British T.U.C. APPALLING UNEMPLOY- MENT IN DENMARK Denmark.—The unemployment figures for the first-week of the new year showed another tremendous increase. The number of workers in receipt of benefit from the trade unions has leapt up froni 73,000 to 84,000; that means that one out of. every three organipzed workers is out of a_johj These figures only apply tp organized workersjthe total number of unemployed in the whqle" country is of course considerably higher "tian that. The official statistics are not available, but the total number mhfht probably be estimated at something Ijke 100,000 or-more. DICTATORS GIVE NO AID TO UNEMPLOYED . Washington.—-Hungary is at last to have unemployment insurance, but the state is to contribute- "nothing, according to information sent to Washington' from the Amsterdam hcadquarte/s of. the International Federation of Trade Unions. Work- ''eT5""'and.' employers will contribute equally to .'the fund, which will give aid to the amount of one-half the normal wage. The Horthy government is the only one in Europe, except -the Mussolinj ^overn-mgTit of Italy, that refuses to contribute^ to, unemployment furids; Nothing - is available for social purposes from the Horthy budget of 700,000,000 gold crowns. It is illegal' to boycott, but the , '-. following, are on the UNFAIR UST TRADES AND LABOR COUNCIL Royal Dairy , - Crescent Ice Cream UNION DAIRIES VANCOUVER Frasor Valley - Pair. 1O0O Independent Farm - - Fair. 3304 Purity Dairy - - - - Pair. 4181 NEW WESTMINSTER Frasor Valley - - New West. 1445 NORTH VANCOUVER Praser Valley - - North Van. 103 If You Wast Clean Milt Patronize a Union Dairy- _J'Jtejfuture holds many difficulties for the workers, but they can be met with courage and statesmanship. — Mr. John Bromley, M.P. :..'.',' CHILDREN DYING— 1 < BRITISH TORIES LAUGH When Herbert Dunnico (Labor) asked the British Minister of Labor ■ !f he \yas aware that, owing to being "locked out" by the owners, the miners of the Durham coal field were suffering privation and in some ex- treriie cases their children were dying of starvation, he was informed that he could not get the House adjourned iri - p.rder to discuss the matter iri dbtail as it was Friday. • . At this reply a Tory member burst out-laughing. Mr. Westwood (Labor) shoutffd: "These men's kiddies are dying and you are chuckling; we won't take that from YOU.",, A grass-widow is more often found in clover than in weeds. It is obvious that the vested interests are lining up to try to stem the onward march of democracy.—Mr., Alfred Bannes, M.P. '■-'-, '';'■ .',;„■..*■• -a;,;' March Sth, 1926 THE LABOR STATESMAN ■&L Trades Union Directory i Vanoonver Tr*ci«e and Labor council— President, William Dunn; general secretary. Percy R. Bengough. Office,, 803 Holden Bldg., 16 Hastings Eaat. Phone Sey. 7496. Meets in Labor Hall - at 8 p.m. on the first and third Tuesdays! In month. Automobiles Lodge 703, I. A. of M. — MeetS every second and fourth Tuesday In "Room 310 Holden Bldg., Pres.. W. W. Hngue; business.agent. Q. S, Hague, 807 Holden Bldg. Beverage Dispensers Vnlon No. 676— meets first Sunday In month at 2:00 p. m., at 441 Seymour St. President. W.H. Clancy. 1117 E. 10th Ave. Secretary and Business Agent, T. J. Han- ■ ofln, 2376 W. 6th Ave. Office: 441 Seymour St. Phones: Sey. 126 and Bay. 16S6.R. \ BolUrmaYeri and Helpers, tocal 194 — . Meets flrst and third Mondays In the month at Holden Building. President, L. C. Campbell: Secretary. A. Praser, 5079 Ross St Phone. Prnser B01Y. Bridge & structural Iron Workers, Local 07, Int. Asso—Meets every Monday, .-Room 804 Holden Rldsr., at' 8 p.m. President. James F. Burns; Secretary, W. J. Cook, Box 302, City,. Phone Fair. <772Y. Lathers, Wood, Wire and Metal, later- national Vnlon, Local 207 —"Meets 2nd ahd 4th Mondays lh month, at room 299 Holden Bldg. " President. Frank Julian, 7694 Ontarlof Secretary, Bert Jenkins, 60 46th Ave. E. ' -Lithographers TTnion, Ho. 44 — Meets' third Wednesday in month in Room 804 Holden Bldg. President. C. Addle. 217 23rd Aye. B„ phone Fair. 3968Y: secretary, 120 10th Ave. E., Phone Fair. 239X. / . Maohlnist Local IBS—President. B. B. McLean, 463 6th Ave. W. Seoretary, S. A. Boardma'n, 3388 Parker St. Meets second and fourth Friday at 8 p.m. In Room 313 Labor Hall, IS Hastings East. i Maohlnist Local:' 093- - President, Thus. Sills, 1362 Burrard St> Secretary. P. R. Bengough. Office, J07 Labor .Hall. IS Hastings East. Meets on second and fourth Tuesdays fn month. BUSINESS STILL ON UPGRADE IN THE UNITED STATES Building Trades Council, Vanoonver— Meets second and -fourth Tuesdav In Holden Building. President, Kobt: Stevenson; Secretaryitreas., W. Watt. Bakers' Local 46S, Journeymon, of America—Meets flrst and ihlrd Saturday! at 7 p.m. President, ,H. Hall; sec, T., Rigby, 37. BnSadway*West, Phone Fair. 6882R. ■ ■ H- ', . v 1 ir. Bakery Salesmen, Looal 371 — Meeta second Thursday every month. Holden Bide. IS Hastings V, President, A. Wylle, 4338 Elgin Street; financial secretary. H, A. Bowron, 744 15th Ave. E., Phone Fair. 36J1X. Barbers', Journeyman International Vnlon of America—Local 120, Vancouver, 15 C, meets second and.fourth Tuesdays In each month- tn Room 310 Labor Hall, 16 Hastings Bast. President, Fred Da we; fln. secretary, A. R. Jennl, 728 Hastings Sti*eat West; rec. sec, Bert Deprey. . , Mental Hospital Attendants' Federal Vnlon Ho. 3d—Meets at Essondale lat Thursday In month. President, J. A. Gibson, 312 4th St., New Westminster; roc sec, Will Mackie, Provincial Mental Hospital, Essondale. Mill and Factory Workers' Vnlon, Local Ho. 16SS — Affiliated with United Brotherhood of Carpenters & Joiners. Meets flrst and third Thursdays In Room 313 Holden Bldg. President, Allan Graham; Fln. Sec, H. Brewer; Rec Sec. B. Holden, 1710 6th Ave. W., Vancouver, Phone Bay. 3123-R. Milk Wagon Drivers and Dairy Employees, Local 464—Meets seconsl and fourth Friday ln Labor Hall, 16 Hastings St E. Business agent, Birt Showier, 1116 Robson St « New-York City.—Investment bankers are sweeping the business horizon with a,spy glass. They prophesy steady employment for 1926 with apparently no diminishing of building operations, one of the basic industries, with manufacturing continuing sound and agricultural conditions stabilizing. These bankers are watching for overproduction, and statistics seem to show tbat the products of the nation's industries are being absorbed by trade. That the automobile industry, now the-most imnortant in employees ahd in value of product, is continuing ,its peak production is. considered remarkable. This is due. to a newly realized fact that the wants.of America for the automobile are increasing and that the repair demand and replacements of wyfnout cars: is enough to keep this basic industry iii motion even if there should be a slackening in deniand for cars, of which there seetns to be little sign justndw.-^ '—/ The same thing is, true of building. For five years cautious per-., sons, have watched for a falling off in the building industry.- ft is increasing ihstead. In the metropolitan area, with building wage? im-, settled! contracts are swelling not only for gigantic commercial struc- Vancouver Heights Holders Vnlon Looal 281—International of North Amerloa—Meets lirst and - third Fridays In month In room 313 Holden' Bldg., at. 8 p, m. President. John Maley, 1336 2nd Ave. E. Corresponding representative, J. Plnkerton, 2159 Victoria Drive, ' Bookbinders Looal Ho. 108, Int. Brotherhood—Meets second Tuesday In month 804 Holden Bldg. President F. Milne, 636 Drake St.; socretary, A. H. Hoe- tlns. lis 62nd Ave. W. Brewery Workers Vnlon Ho. 300—moots ■ fjrst and third Wednesday- in month ln room 313, Holden Building, at 8 p.m. President, Angus McLennan; Secretary, ft Graham;j221ll.16th Ave. W. Phone Bay. nt>:3t\ -~ •' Motion Pictures Projectionist's Vnlon, Local 348 of I.A.T.S.E. ts M.P.M.O.— Meets at 991 Nelson St. on flrst Sunday In each month at 7:30 p.m. President, J. R. Foster, 1161 Granville St; Secretary. Geo. Gerrard, Box 346. Business Phone: Sey. 3923. Brieklayera', Masons' and Tile Setters' Int. TTnion No'. 1—Meets second and fourth Wednesdky in the Holden Bldg. President. O. E. Hnlllday: Seeretary. W.p a Pagnall 1244 20th Ave. .Phone Fair. 84BR.—a. Carpenters and Joiners, Amalgamated Society of,—Vancouver 1st Branch meots 2nd and -1 th Tuesdays of each month. Provident, W. Taylor: Sec F. Prosser; business agent, J. McKinley. Headquarters,' room 36, 163 Hastings ■ St W Carpenters and Joiners, Vnlted Brotherhood of, Looal 452—President, R. W. Hatley! recording secretary, W.»Page; business aRent Wm. Dunn. Office, Room S08 J.ahor Hall; 16 Hastlrtgs East. Meets second and fourth Mondays. 8-prn. Mnslolana Mutual Protoctlvo Vnlon Local 145, A. r. of M.—Meets at the O. W. V. A. Auditorium, second Sunday la,t 10.a.m. President Ernest C Miller, 991 Nelson Street; secretary, Edward Jamleson, 991 Nelson Street; financial secretary, W. B. Williams. 991 Nelson 8treet; organizer, F. Fletcher, 091 Nelson Streot. tui-es, but by over $200,000,000 being expended.for subways. Throughout- the nation in 1925 building construction amounted to more th-an $6,6p0,000,00Q. ..The gain over the previous year was $1,400,- 000,000. * All big cities are showing the same aggressive tendency to tear down the old and put in the hew. Each city is being remade. In New York the averajgfe business structure is out of date in 20 years,, when it is taken' down and a bigger one takes its placed . '■' : ■'. .--.... Industries Made Over Industries,, like buildings, are being remade with the need for installation of new machine, different fuel and power'.'equipment. The swift march of giant power, electric po>».er at low rates based on water pdwer, is going, to change the industrial map jis miidi as the. Panama. Canal has changed transportation froni coasf fq coast. —' . ' . i The whole fabric of American industry is being changed to make for more production and less expense. An.improvement is noted even in . -the most depressed of industries—^ cotton.- . Mill consumption of cotton js going up -ind the introduction of rayon anti-a^cheapening of, prices is expected, by bankers to increase the demand.—International Labor News Serw- THE ESTHER BAKERY FOR HEALTH, STRENGTH AND BEAUTY . Eat (Jur Bxrorvn Breifd . Also Our White, Raisin.and Nut Bread 3728 Hastings E. Phone: High. 1309 H. A. HILL . GROCERIES, FRUITS, CURED MEATS, FLOUR AND FEED 3722 Hastings E. Phone High. 1640 Chicag Painters, Decorutorn and Faporlianger* Local 138—Meets second and. fourth Thursdays at 319 Pendor ?t W. Buss- - iness agent, Walter Wilson. . Office, room 204 319 Pender St, W. Phone a "—r~mn. - Pile Drivers, Brlclsro, Wharf and Book Builders Local No. 2404—Meets every Friday nlght'at 8 p.m. In-. 112 Hastings St. W. James Thomson, secretary, P. O. Box 320. City Rail Employees' Association meets - flrst "Wednesday of each month, at '' 251H Hastings E., at 8 p.m. President. *;-W, H. Lewthwaite; business agent and treasurer, W. .1. Scrjbblns, 3208 Pender-St., E.: Secretary, H. A. Black, 2870 Vale St ,. * - . Civic Employees' TTnion, Local 38 — Mee^s first icnd third Fridays in the month at 25114 Hastings. E..' at 8 p.m. President, R. K. Brown, «52V Charles St.: secretary-treasurer, George Harrison. 1182 Parker, St. Dominion-Express Employees, Looal Mo. - 15, Brotherhood of—Meets first Friday and first Tuesday alternating each month in Room 810 Holden Building. President O. M. Payton, 4136 Sophia St.: Sec.-Troas. H. C. Haines, 1919 Klngsway. Z- BIectrlc.il Workers, Looal «», Interna- . tional Brotherhood—Meeti/every Monday at 8 p.m. In Room No"5, 319 Pender Street West. President. D. W. Mcnougnl, 910 Hastings Street Bast; business agent. B. H. Morrison. Office, 319 Pender Street West Plasterers, Looal B9—International As, sociatlon of Operative, meets first Wednesday. In-month at Holden .Bldg. President. Chas. Kcall, 1925 McKay Ave, Secretary, Ed. Williams, 1048 Hnhspn St. Phone Douglas 1928 L. Plasterer's Laborers' No. 1102 International. Meets third Friday In month at Holden Building. President F. Phillips, 1674, 2nd Ave. W.; Rec. Sec, F. Talt, 289 47th Av&. B„ phone Fraser 596L. o Labor Has Own Housing Plan Chicago.—A far-reaching program of financing union-built homes for union men and. women has been launched by theJChicago-labor move-' ment with the organization of a building and loan company to be known as the Illinois Federation Corporation? .The plan has a two-fold purpose: First; to rescue small home owners from the clutches of mortgage sharks; second, reducing unemployment by requiring tbat' all construction wofk be done by union labor. The corporation will start with a capital of $500,000, to be ra.ised by the sale of preferjgd stpek a't $1J0 sharo-anxfeaCfifitmbn-akl-iO-rrahiirev Loans will be ipade for 66 2-3 of the total valuation of property at,6 per. cent., and the financing of. a building project is not to exceed 2 per cent. "This is one of the most Constructive movements ever inaugurated by organized labor in Chicago," said one of the promoters to Labor's representative. "It, is largely patterned after the plan successfully operated in Cleveland, and we are satisfied that it will result in a great increase of home owners." W. DICKINSON * MEAT MARKET ■""'• 3724 Hastings Street East My Mottor. . ONE QUALITY ONLY—THE BEST PInmbers and steamflttors, No. 170, International Asso. of—Meets every 2nd and 4th .Friday in the Holden BldB. President, Bert Stlnchcombe, 1899 Ogdcn Ave.; secretary .and business agent. W. Watt 805 Holden Bldg. Printing Pressmen and Assistants, Looal No. 69—Meets every second Tuesday Iri the month at X p.m. In Room 213 Labor Hall, 16 Hastings St. E. President, Harry F. Longley, 303 8th. St., North Van.: secretary. Frank H. Humphrey, P. O. Box 894, 4038 Vic torla Dr. Engineers—International Union Steam •nd Operating Looal 844—Meets every Thursday at 8 p'.m., Room 806 Holden Bldg. President, R. Finley; business agent and financial secretary, F.cS. Hunt: recording secretary, Herbert • McSavaney. Englneore, steam and Operating, Int. Looal 883—Meets every Wednesday * st 8 p.m. In room 808 Holden Bldg. President, W. HuInert: vlce-pres., A. Russell: business agent and financial Bee. W.„ J. Irwin; rec. sec, W. -L. Alnger. Office, 806 Holden Bldg. Railway Carmen of Amerloa, Lodge No. 68—Meets first and third Friday In month at Cotllton Hall, Oranville and Davie Streets. President, A. 8: Ross, 6873 Pr, Edward St.; secretary, J. D. Vullamy, 2215' Ifith Ave. W. . Street and Electric Ballway Employees, Pioneer Division No. 101—Meets K. P. Hall, Eighth and Klngsway, 1st and 8rd Mondays nt 10:15 a.m. and 7 p.m. President, J. E. Smith; recording secretary, F. E.' Grlffln; treasurer, H. W. Speed; flnariclai secretary and business agent- Angus Maclnnes, 3544 (Pr. Edward St. Office; corner Prior and Main streets. Phone Fairmont 2150L. Smoldering Volcano i May Burst Forth Soon A. J. Cook, the British miners' secretary, says that the* miners will neither give up one cent of their present wages nor work one. minute longer, and behind Cook and ,the miners stand four and a half million trade unionists telling the miners that they shall strike with them if need be to defend the living of the miners. And then there is\qiothet laboir .man by the name of John Wheatly who sent a clarion call through the ranks of Britjsh labor for ten, million workers-to defend labor against threatened armed forces of the Tory government when the show-down comes in May. Toronto Taxi Drivers Join Up With Union Toronto.—What were' considered astounding conditions were revealed recently when taxicab drivers and chauffeurs njet in tbe Toronto Labor Temple to form a trade union under the auspices* of the organization committee of thb -Toronto District Labor Council. - Forty chauffeurs attended the meeting, wnich was addressed by General Organizer John. W. Bruce of the International. Union of Plumbers and, Steamfitters. ■ / ■ Several of the chauffeurs de6lared that men (who were married, with families dependent upon them, occasionally earned as low as $4 a week, after thfly_h'a_d: paid_f or * their gasoline ari(T%ieT^h(n:?^penfes~ifi"*£on- nection with the job.. Two pay envelopes were shown to Mr. Bruce which had contained $8 and ?9 as a week's pay. The meeting was oiie of a number in the unionizing campaign of tlfe trade unions associated with the Labor Council. The union was formed and is'to hold-anolher meeting short ly. Other unions formed included one coniposed of automobile mechanics. Mr. feruce announced that sixty journeymen barbers had joined the Journeymen Barbers' International Union, and that the union intended to pursue an active campaign ^with a view to securing better wajjes and conditions in April. / / Hirst's Electric We» do complete and dependable •„,;,,. HOUSE WIBIWO • j,', at .reasonable rates. (Men 370 ''' 4099. Hastings St. B. Headquarters In N. Burnaby for Edison Mazda Lamps. Sheet Metal Workers, Amalgamated, Local Union Ko. 380—Meets second nnd foiirth. Thursday In month In Holden Bldg'.. 18 Hastings St. B. President, N. C. Smith, 4452 Quebec St..' fln. sec. B. J. Wararop, 426 16th Ave. E.: cor. sec, A. P. ' AshJon, '4603 ' Spruce Street, Burnaby.-~~~' ,J. '- , Cabaret Supper at Vlre Fighters, No. 18, International Association of—Meets everv month nt call of president at-25H4 Hastings E, President, J. Anderson, *Ko. 2 Fire Hall: financial secretary, C. A. Watson, No. 3 Fire Hall. / Vloorlayers' Union, No. 1876, .U.B. of C. & J. of A., meets 1st and. 3rd Thursdays in ,3.10 Holden'Bldg, at, 8 p.m. President E. C. Woodward; Fln. Sec..'A. Reid: Rec. Sec, W. t). Wilson. 1251 Howe St. ' , Hotel and Bestnnrant Employees TTnion, Local 38—,441 Sclympur Street. Meets ' Second' Wednesdays, at 3 p.m. -and last' Wednesday at 9 p.m. President, Shingle Weavers, Local 17813 —Meets -. second Tuesdsiy Jn month, In Room No. 2,' Labor Temple, New Westminster, and 4th Sunday, 7 p.m., In Room ■213a, Holden Bldg., Vancouver. President, J. n; Chbte, Phone High. 1982Y; i*S. W. H. J^atthew, Joyce Rd. P. O. Tailors', Journeymon Union of America. Looal No. 178—Meetings hc-l'l first Thursday In each month. 8 p.m. Eieou- • tive meets third Thursday of every month In Labor Hall. President A. R. Oatenby; secretary, C. McDonald, P.O. Box 503. Executive meets third Thursday of every month. ... O. Coleman; business agent, Wood, Phone Seymour 111, Harry Teamsters, Ch.iuffours, Stablemen and Helpers, Local 46BJ-Meets every -2nd and 4th Wednesday, 310 Holden Bldg. President. L. Warren, 1043 Burrard St.; secretary-treasurer, A. P. Black, 519 Hamilton St.; recording secretary, R. Reynolds. 1790 3rd Ave. B. ^The Steam and Operating Engineers are holding.a -Cabaret Supper and Whist Drive at. the Ambassador- Cafe .en Monday evening, March 8, commencing at 8 p.m. They guarantee a good, time for everybody bv means of a, first" class unionorchestra, an appetizing supper and a jolly crowd all for the sum of 75c Czechish Trade Unions v Submit Demands Czechoslovakia. —; Following upon the recent elections, in' Czechoslovakia, a new government has now been fprmed. JThe General Council of the National Trade Union Centre has taken the opportunity to submit a list of its demands, the main points of which we give below: (1) Immediate'amendment of fhe inadequate legal regulations 'concerning the working conditions of commercial, clerical and technical employees; particularly the legal enforcement of a cojnpulsory minimum wage. . •■ _' '• (2) Renewal of the Works Council Act, to ensure the proportional representation and direction'.of all enterprises: t,j~-':-. (3) The legal regulation of collective agreements, afid Weir recognition de jure. . i,'at? (4) Regulatidn of salaries of civil servants in accordance with the demands of modern civil administration. Monopolists' Warned A recent issue of the. New York. Times contained an editorial entitled "The Test of Big .Business." Taking the two billion dollar bread trust *for its text, it uttered a warning which all large aggregations of capital would do well to heed. Big Business, said the Times, in. substance, has been given the chance to.show that it can frame'and carry out industrial policies that Record, with public weUare... That is tho test, and merger jnag- nates will-fare well or ill according:"^ -to the- woy-Hrey-meet it. Specifically, the Times said in part: "Men of large affairs aie.under a special obligation to, keep within the law.' A. flew liberty of. action has been aetSorded them. They must take pains not to. abuse it . . . The keep- ingiOf their own affairs within their awn control depends Upon the moderation, the fairness, the eye to the public benefit with which they make use of their privilege . . . Safety for'Big.Business-lies in the spirit of equity and public utility with which it is conducted." ' * It would be difficult to phrase a more solemn .warning and impossible to find a more conservative source from' which such a warning could come. • The American people have been trying to. regulate mohopoly-'-or,' more correctly, large aggregations of capital—for forty years. To this end they passed the Sherman" act and the Clayton, act; to this end they created the Interstate ' Commerce Commission, the Federal Trade Commission, the. Tariff Commission. And at .the end of ,this-long period Big Business is reaching out for dominion more brazenly than ever before. . - " . - Not only is it evading and defying the law, but it is seeking to control the commissions created to regulate it. The American people will not, indefinitely, submit to the lawless defiance of public will and public right. If that defiance continues, the people will'either start a campaign of restriction and harassment compared to which everything that lias gone before will seem trifling; or, as.each big business approaches monopoly, it will be taken over by the government. '.'■'•' Jj Big Business capable of. heeding the. warning? The Vanoonver Theatrical Federation— Meets at Ml Nelson Street,at 11 a.m on Jhe Tuesday preceding the first Sunday of, the month. President E. A. Jamleson; secretary, O. W. Al- lln: business agent, Lochley Clark, 9»1 Nefion-St , • • Typographical Vnlon, »o. 330— President, C.-S. Campbell; vice-president; RGouthroj Secretary-treasurer; R. H. Neelands, P.ftr Box 68. Meets last Sunday of each month at *2 p.m., In Holden Buliainir. 16 Hastings St. E. APPRECIATE.WORK OF HEAPS AND WOODSWORTH The following resolution was received ' by:_ Heaps and' Woodsworth from the Londcm Trades and Labor CouhciL which .was passed at their meeting'held on February 3rd,-.1928: "That a hearty vote of thanks be- tendered ,'to Messrs. Heaps and Woodsworth for the great work they are doing to parliament on behalf of The' Conservative "majority in the iLribor. We especially desil-e to thank last election was 2,166. The vacancy them for theJJbLAge Pensions Bill was due-to the rjeath of ^.* E. Pease, announced in parliament. -. ' . . ■ " - . ' - ' '* ^ *V' -' . - .- . ■ . BRITISH LABORIT^ WINS ' IN BYE-ELECTION Darlington, England.—Labor won a considerahle bye-election victory here Feb. 27, capturing the scat,for parliament from the Conservatives. The Laborite, A. Shepherd, polled 12,965 votes; the Conservative, E. S. Pease, "12,635, and the Liberal, J. P. Dickie, 3,573 <SP* •"vv-v...-^* TV THE The Labor Statesman Published every Friday, at si6 Holden Bide, Vancouver, B. C. Owned by the Vancouver; New Westminster and District Trades and Labor Council. .-<■■ mmmmi Parm's Potato Patch Press Committee: J. Sidaway, St. Railwaymen W. J. Seribbins, Civic Employees: W. Dunn, Carpenters; Hnrry Woods. Hotel & Restaurant Employees; P, R. Bengough. *Mach|nlstB: J. Thump; eon. Pile Drivers and Wooden Bridge- men. H. W. WatU, Man. Editor,, Subscription Rates>M3inada J2.00 ,per year. $1.00 for six month's. United States and foreign, 11.00 per year. To unions subscribing In a body, 16o per member per month. Phone Seymour 6379 Vancouver, B.C., March Sth, 1926 LABOR -9—- STATESMAN March Sth, 1926 WORLD OWES US A LIVING A local editor undertakes^ examine the old aphorism, "The world owes every man a living," and, by avoiding essentials and introducing a few kindergarten considerations, he decided that it does not. Our thoughts and ideas are merely a reflex ot our condition -and environment. With comfortable surroundings and some guarantee for. the future, an effective working digestive apparatus actively engaged, telegraphs^ to the brain, that "all is well," and Mr. Editor proceeds to translate his bodily comfort into editoriaj opinion. If Mr. Editor had a job tat the slaughterhouse gutJHlg pigs-4lf Jimmy his half-grown 9by had Walked the streets for four months looking for a job aiid was planning to l&ave for the States—Jenny in her fii*t job had whispered to her mother tltat she did, hot like the way the boss acted when she had to stay on alone alter five o'clock"—and the old woman's health was breaking—if Mr. Editor were compelled to brew his opinions from cross currents of this nature, the conclusions of the editorial columns on many matters would be quite differ- ent. . ■ ' — Spring is here—the Gladiola planting season 'is just around the corner :—and the average wage-worker who has been hibernating for the .winter on the strength of his credit with the corner grocer is prospecting anew for the only thing he ever earnestly did look for—a job! *—*,—*—* r _ If a tenth of things happen, that the daily newspapers say are in stote for Greater Vancouver, just ih the oiTirig, a good many workers will get their "dead horse" worked off interne to repeat the pperatioH next winter. -It's a* great game and the job-seekers who stilj vote the, bld2party ticket seem to like it.. ; "" ■- <_._♦_» . It is not unlikely that one of the items in the price of the support of J. S. Woodsworth, Labor, federal member for Winnipeg.North, will be' a long.overdue Old Age Pension Act- Workers throughout all Canada will watch with interest the reconvening of the Federal house week after next. A Dominating Fact In the afafairs of this country there stands out one dominating fact —the existence and the power of organizations of wage earners. Long ignored, persecuted' and outlawed, these organizations have proved themselves an, essential constructive factor in human affairs. They constitute the domain of voluntary service, voluntary activity and voluntary institutions for the protection and the'betterment of human beings engaged in industry or commerce. The^workcrs have made labor organizations a constituent element in the organization of.production and therefore a part of organized society. Labor organizations are the channels for the expressions of the desires and purposes of the wage-earners. Th'ey are the instrumentalities for making-effective their demands for justice and for a better life nuallits relations. That labor organizations are. so -vitally associated with the lives, of the workers increases their power and importance. •'»•-■•" The wage earners ar^jg constituent element in the nation, numerically strong and creatively essential.. Therefore, a national policy, whetfter industrial or political, that does not take into account the welfare of thV wage-earners will fall'ihort .pf concepts of broadest statesmanship. Not only must the wage-earners be considered in,determining policies, but in the council that determines policies they must be givpn representation and voice equal to their importance in national life. The wage-earners will no longer be denied their'right to participation in determining those thinpfc which affect their ttudiare. Thtjir demand is in accord with the principles upon which our r^rifblic is founded; They are unwilling to delegate'to-others the 'determination'of their lives.—The (Cincinnati) Chronicle. Mount Pleasant Buy Your Lamps, Radio amd autoTMiOAi, .avrrruMB From ths Practical Store Gty Electric Co. FAIR. 486S MAIN AT flthl Repairs Day and Night +-_♦—*—* The British Government has just voted $25,000,000 to create a fund for looking after the graves of the dead soldiers. The live ones can still rustle for a job as usual. »—*—*—*♦ The much-despised Russian Gov1 ernment (Soviet) has been granted a credit of $75,000,000 by the German Government. Thus will the German workmen be put to work and the Russian peasant be supplied with his economic needs in tilling.the soil. An Unfair Criticism .. i A. HILKER & SON Anything in Dry Goods and Fancy Work. Goodi Musi Be Satisfactory or Money Refunded.. M2I Main Street, Halfway Between Broadway and 8tb Avenue. Phone*: Fair. 58 Rea.: Bay. 47ooR MOUNT PLEASANT UNDERTAKING CO., LTD. AMBULANCE SERVICE COR. OF MAIN AND.KINQSWAY presence here js an involun- tarytoiatter^ancLthpsewho preceded us did not^make\he world on which we, are thrown, H would seem as if we .must/fiiive^sotne right to.a place ■on it^DfiYing the ape stage the world ojv«3 us a\h'vmg and with tooth and /elawVe-cojlected it,' and if those who precade usj during the present stage chosejo draw up a set of rules for ng, the individual is only bound by these rules so long as they guarantee him. something more than the rudimentary requirements which all life inherits by reason of the fact that it lives. About three thousand years ago, the Hebrew race wander through the Sinai desert. Water was? scarce, and had a few astute individuals pre-empted 'the springs, they could have done a roaring business as the "Mount Sinai Water Company;" holding such a favorable position the stock-holders could have extracted all the gold, from the tribesmen and thereby saved .these poor people from the idolatrous calf worship; and then adjusting the price along the lines of all that the traffic would stand—and in this case it would stand a w.hoie lot—they could demand whatever service their comfort and amusement might dictate, «nd if, when there was no further gold available arid there was.no further service that they required, but there were still human beings requiring water, we presume that ■ they could frjj in the desert sun, for, the- scheme' of things as organized/did not require them, nor their-service and the wise mikes emplpye^l by the* wate.r company could^frfove that the world did not owe them water. One, of the 'greatest problems of the modern world is that of "overproduction-:" ' Murder, suicide, starvation and every crime that curses modern society Pari ,in tbe majority of instances be traced directly -or indirectly to the fact that a portion .of society can nroduce more than the whole can consume and for the surplus, ,'liumffh'tv can find nrr fitting- in *p!ace. With this as the" existing condition any tbjnker.who ever asks the question—'-'does tbe world owe every many,a living?" is well marked with the brand of Cain. A more important question is "IJoes the present scheme of government withhold from any human being a fair share of the comfort, the pleasures, arid the se- • curfty that civilization makes passible to all?" If it does, there is no higher duty than workirig to overthrow it* MURPHY, if N Mt 'Survey of the situation, preparatory to the real work ahead. A government is bound to have its critics. Hrirtdubtfuli; ministration could be conceived which would give entireaJsatisfaction to all the people. It is not strange, therefore, that the-Alterta government should be compelled to run the gauntlet-~5f~1:ault-findingxfrom different quarters. Labor men criticize'becaiW not enough has been dorie for Labor. Other interests criticize becafise too much has-fieen done for Labor. . The criticism of Mr. Marshall, member.for Calgary, in the legislature the other day may not-have been serious when'he heatedly charged the government with playing up to Labor at the expense of other interests. "You give Labor everything it wants," he said, "and you pay,no attention to the requests of the manufacturers and niortgage companies." Mr. Marshall may not have been, serious because it seems to be the function of the opposition members to talk for political effect only. Therefore, l^vuch of what they say in debate must be taken with the proverbial grain ois&lt. But if he was serious he was not correct iri his conclusions. A The government has not given Labor all it asked for. Labor has ub\ been given more than it should have been given before 11)21. What has been given to Labor by the present administration is nothing more than was in justice coming to the workers of this province. And Labor people are not by any means satisfied yet. So that Labor people of all shades'" of opinion will agree that Mr. Marshal's Complaint tbat the government is doing; too much for Labor is not a fair criticism. . It is.jiot fair to the government and it is«ot fair to Labor.—Alberta Labor News. British, German and French footballers are again'indulging in "the game," but on a someVhat different basis to the lrist time they met. If these who want war were permitted to do the. fighting there wou(d be no further interruptions in the fraternization. > .*—*-**—* ! Aid. Angus Mclnnis, Labor-elect, ca"'-^_5££Lti!?t V-^seros-^^ mech ANICS' LOCAL IS FORMED Last Sunday «t the Toronto Labor Temple a new union came into exis- tence-^-the Auto Mechanics' Local. None but automobile mechanics are eligible for membership in this new union, and some 25 were enrolled as charter members. This new local was organized by the Machinists' Union, Mr. Harry Kirwin, the international representative, being the chief speaker at. the meeting. Owing to the large number of men engaged in this ■ work, it is anticipated that in a few the process is slow. And, after all, ^months this will be one of the larg- a. fellow only lives about a hundred years I ~—*^-*—» In the' light of .the past few weeks af**Qttawa who dare repeat that old saw, ^Talk ig cheap." '»—*—*—* '.:,-■ «'.- "The Canadian Club in San Francisco is the livest organization here," writes an old-time Vancouver craftsman, now a resident of the South. Hence the necessity for bonused immigration from the Old Land.. When the poor devils reach' here and find some 50,000 Orientals to compete with, the Old Countrymen too, may' begin to ask questions. Meantime est organizations in Toronto. Am still patiently waiting for Bill Shelly's Jroad up Grouse Mountain— or Mount Vancouver—so that I can make my first trip' up there via tino- limo. *—*—a.—* Have just received an intere^tifig letter from an old-time officcaP^f tbe U.F.A., .Lethbridge. He^suggested that the time is about-l'ipe for them to send an organizer over here to see what can be. jdtme. towards getting British Colnriibia farmers into politi cal harness. Will be pleased to get in topch with some of the local po- .tato-patchers, with a view to putting them into, communication with my correspondent. The British chancellor of the ex^ chequer will be asked by Mr. Dajton whether,: in view of the expenditure of some 50 million dollays^annually on fbx hunting, some foria of luxury tax could not be instituted on this sport. / Impossible Thing—To hold the hanp alartgering your life. MILLIONS ARE STILLV *-'-.*■ - . UNDER-NOURISHED Washington.—On the/back^. coyer of its January issue* the Journal of the Electrical Workers'ind operatbre quotes from Foster and Catching!^ "Profjts" this statement: "A vast capital structure we have, it is true, and almost miraculous sei- entific achievements, and lavish^ex- penditures for education; Jjut^n ttye .past generation .there have beerr no j?wns in human wejferre at ^11 .corn- parable with the^gr'owth of industrial equipment and the improvements in the arts.^-On the contrary, there are riiillipnSwho.aie under-nourished, ill- cjad, ill-housed and ..without means 1}f commanding even adequate denCal and medical care." JBUY XM THE Rv^Rent District SATE O'N YOUIl PURCHASES Men's Irish ssrsre Pants. Five pockets, bolt loops, cuff bottoms. S3.95 valno for 93.96 Ven's Xliakl Coveralls. t}?.76 and ......I _«ar (3.25 Men's mlUtary grey Shirts. Special ..Jl.lS Men's strong- work Slilrts. Kliaki or bine chambray 81.35 Aiolmrst red stitch Shoes tor men and boys:— tittle sjrents _..- 82.85 Youths i. ......«a.25 Boys ,.._.......'... 83.7S Men 84.50 Greb work. Boots, tan or black..94.95 Men's bine' chabray Shirts. H' .■ to IB -..; 80o Arthur Frith & Co. Men's, and B#y«' Furnishings, .-^ Telephone Fairmont 14 2312 MAIN STREET Bp-lwc-n 7th and 8th Ayenues ^-=^---mjAT^ A"FLOATER Teacher: "Can 'anyone tcjl^ me where Noah lived?" , ^ Pupil: "I don't think beliad a regular home, I imagiife he and his family belonged tothe floating population.'" .Caustic Comment—'Tis not all gold that glistens, but 'tis all s. omen that listen—rtd gossip. a pretty girl tvithout en- ' vour life. \ .- TRY CLAPP'S ' To Save on Footwear C!app Shoe Store COB. 7TH AVE. AVE MAIM ST. BUYERS' DIRECTORY EICTURE BREAKS RECORD Washington. — "Labor's Reward," the moving picture of the A. F. of L. and Union Label Trades organizing and publicity campaign, broke all records in Cattanooga. In a telegram to John J. Manning, secretary- treasurer of the Union Label Trades department, W.C. Birthright, secre tary pf the Tennessee State Federation of Labor, said .that 5,00(r persons saw the picture at on eperformance and 2,000 were unable to secure admittance. MINERS' STRIKE OVER; . KILLINGS RESUMED Scranton,, Pa.—The best proof that the miners' strike has ended is deaths in the mines that are again announced. . The first fatality since September .1 last occurred in this city, when John Luzanbak was caught in a pqckei-Df black damp a lew hours after he started to work. , TENDERS FOR DRBDCING SEALED- tenders, addressed, to'the unsigned and endorsed "Tender for dredging, False Creek^B.C," will'be received until 12 o'clock noon, Friday, March 19, 1936. Tenders will riot be considered unless* made on the forms supplied -by the- I'eiiartment and according to the conditions set forth therein. a - ,-,.-■* Combined specification -and .form of tender can be obtained on application to the undersigned, alse at the office of the District Engineer. P.ost Office .lildg., New Westminster.- B.CT ' . '. Tenders must .lnr^nt^.,tho towing of the plant to and frocS the work'. _ . ' Dredges 'and other plant which arc- Intended to be used on the work shall have been duly registered In Canatln at. the time of the filing of the tender with the Department, or shall have been hull,! .n Canada after the.fillng.of |ke tender. Each tender m'ust" be accompanied by an .accepted checltie.on a chartered bank, payable -to the, order of the Minister of i-qblfc Works, for 5 per cent of the contract jcrire, brt OO• cheque to be for'lfess .ban fifteen hundred dollars''. , ITnnds of tho Dominion of Canada and bonds of the Canadjan National Hallway CorriiKiny svill' also be accepted as security, or bonds and- a cbertue If required to make up an odd amount. By-order,. . - 8. R O'BRIEfJ, .*, Secretary. Deimrtment of Public Works,, ■• Ottuwa, February 20, 1926. BAKERS. Esther Bakery, 3738 Basting's East. Sr. Mldclloton's. At all Grocery Stores. . BISCUIT MANUFACTURERS Sr. Middleton's 853 Basting's East. , . BOOTS ft SHOES ' P. Paris, 61 Bastings St. W. Sample Shoe Store, 37 Rastlnsrs St. W. Cl.ipp Slioo-Store, 7tU Ave. and Main St. CONFECTIONXRY 'V^ Davenport Confectionery, 1743 Conuner- iXclftl Drive. ZZ - Mainland CIGARS & TOBACCO ,d Cigar StojrV 310 Carrall \ COAI. DEALERS Leslie Coal Co., ,944 Boacli Ave, DANCING Cotillion Hall, Granville A Davie Alexandra Academy, Robson ft Hornby 'J DENTISTS Dr. W. J. Cnrry, 301 Dominion Bid?. GROCERS. H. A. Hill, A. Frederlckson, 3723 Hastings St. B. 26th Sc Main. Jn-^lc c' ■ '. -DEPARTMENT STORES Hudson's Bay Co. . Granville S Georgia ' \ DRY \»PODS A. Hllker By Bon, 2425 Main St ,\ DRUGGISTS Red Stay Drng Store. Carrall tc Cordova Vancouver Drug StoresX 12 storos ELECTRICAL SUPPLIES ft CONT. City Electric 8th ft Main. Hirst's Electric. 4099 Hastings £ I-LORISTS Brown Bros.,. 48 Hastings E. 656 Granville .161 Hastings W .FLOUR Dr. Middleton's Ironized Whole Wheat. . v ,'OBNTS' FURNISHINGS ^_ \ A. Frith ft Son, 9313 Mali' JEWELLERS Henry Birks ft Son., 710 OranvlUe MEAT MARKETS W. Dickinson, 3724* Hastings B. < Pearson's Market, '* 26th ft Main Sanitary Market 2513 Main SC * I ' . MtTSIC Grandview Mnsic House, 1733 Coniluer- oial Drive. Mt. Pleasant Music Store, 152 Broadway East. > ''.-. NOTARIES P. R. Bengough, 803 Holden Bldg. FRITTERS Labor Statesman- . 803 Holden REPAIR SHOPS ' * P~* Cycle's Etc., Robinson's 3917 Main RESTAURANTS Bergman's Cafe 324 Cambie St. Empire Cafe 76 Hastings St. E. White Lunrlc .'■■.. B Houses 8H0E REPAIRS - H. A. JVIorwooil, Gilniore. and Hastings. _^TAIHORB Perry ft Dolk : IB Hastings St. W. ~^~^ THEATRES . Broadway -... Broadway ft Mam Pahtageps Hastings at Carrall Strand* '"*" .1 ■' Georgia ft Seymour Victoria 43rd -ft Victoria ,Dr. 'undertakers Mount Pleasant Undertakers Klngsway ft Ma,in. T. J. Kearney, S. BowaU ft San, 802 Broadway Wi 66 6th N. West. .- yeast Manufacturers, Peerless Yeast • At_ AU .Oroogts. t,..-.,',..,.,. mmmm * . /. "" •■******* March Sth, 1926 THE LABOR-STATESMAN Mosul and Locarno ', By W. N,v Ever, in the Labor Wonian Mr. Amery and Sir^Auaten Chamberlain came batk from GcntJva highly, delighted with themselves. . And- they had good reason for their satisfaction. They had scored a notable diplomatic success.. It was a double victory, oyer, the Turkish Republic and the British people. For they had persuaded the ouncil of the League of Nations to declare, firstly that Iraq is to bold Mosul, and secondly, that Great Britain is to hold Iraq. * A pretty piece of work, for which there has been a long diplomatic preparation. To all criticism they can now reply that it is the decree not of the British Government but of the League of Nations that wc shall stay in Mesopotamia. And since most of the Liberal and Labor critics are staunch supporters of the League) it is a distinctly embarrassing answer. One suspects that it is a warning of further things io come, and this is by no means the last time the'machinery of the League will be Used to legitimise some- piece of Imperial plunder. * , .,-The reality behind all the Geneva talk is, of course, the fact that our Imperialists haye made up their minds by hook or by crook to hold on to Iraq, and to Mosul with it. The period of twenty-five years need not be taken over seriously. It is long enough to be ^he diplomatic equivalent of "for ever." It is forty, years since we promised to get out of Egypt—and we are still #icre. Why, if not because of the oil- MTelclsT" are our rulers so anxious to keep their grasp on this territory? The answer, I think, leaps to the eye if you look at the map of Western Asia.' Before the war we held India and we, held Egypt. India had nushed itself a little westward and had swal- | lowed Baluchistan; ft had thrown out ItsNjutposts in the Persian Gulf in the shape of "protected" terri- ■"twaes. But between the Indian and the^Sgyptian frontiers was -■> great gap, occupied by Turkish and Persian territory. .- We made it our business during the warto cojiquer and annex.(under the-' guise _ofmaiMlatai^a&p^i*dE3 <^N?*BrK|sBrT5fft{bry 9s w.e could get holld of. We took Palestine and Transjordan and Iraq. .We tried, though unsuccessfully, to bring Persia under our "protection." But the attempt was not abandoned. It is only postponed. Even now it fs being re-begun. It is significant that the Persian ministers whom we bribed in 1920 into signino- a treaty, which would have made Persia virtually a British protectorate, and who were flung out of office* by an indignant parliament are now again in nower as ministers of the new Shah, Riza Khan; while Riza himself, once a patriot and an opnonent of British penetration, has become,^after certain , conversations with officials, of the Anglo-Persian Oil Company, an ardent supporter of Great Britain. The occupation of Iraq and Mosul is, in fact, part of a vaster Tmper- extending northward and north eastward from India and Burma into Tibet and Southern China; and northward from Persia int.o Transcaucasia and the rich oilfields of the Caspian. • * ' It isja gigantic scheme; but there is every indication that it is being quite seriously 'planned and very carefully prepared. By comparison with it the problematical oil of Mo3ul is a bagatelle. It is not a province but""Bn..enormous Emnire on which an insatiable Imperialism has its eye. And Mosul is essential to the development of the plans for acquiring that Empire. Obviously-the plans require that Iraq shall remain under British domination. For Iraq is the very keystone of the whole structure. And Mosul is strategically nBcessary (or at the least desirable) for the defence of Iraq. In>addition to Which it is strategically, important,for dealing with Persia when the time comes. And last, but not least, its occupation will prepare the way for the eventual absorption of Northern Khurd- istan—which leads to the Caspian and the rich, oilfields- of Baku. Mosul then means far more than just Mosul. Its retention means lftpre than the risk of a Turkish war next spring. .It means that we are going to press forward with a grandiose scheme of Imperial exnansion which must bring not one but a succession of wars, at-a cost in blood and money which is beyond even guessing. But why "' and Locarno?" Because one of the secret bargains of the Locarno diplomacy was an understanding-that France and Germany wpuld not interfere in the execution of this vast design, but would, if necessary, back usin any trouble with Turkey or Russia. The Sailors who discovered the ocean beyond America, called it Pacific, because it was so stormy. The na'nie was "given sarcastic." Maybe it is the same with the "Peace Pact." MINIMUM WAGES MAY NOT BE EFFECTIVE TILL JUNE * Victoria.—Legal minimum wages fo£J£^fe^ii«»hfe»i»iagfe»wi^*ro *sv' Tife*?1y to ga into effect until Jun6, it is understood here, following recent investigations by the eight-hour day law board, of adjustment, which will administer the new wage law. It will require months yet for the board to complete its present. programme of enquiry and map out a definite policy for the enforcement of minimum wages. In addition, it is felt that the new law should be put into effect, when industry is at the peak of summer activity and the labor market is firm so that it may.not cause the dismissal of large numbers of workers. WILL CARRY OUT WORK BY THE DAY LABOR PLAN In order to provide work for men who have been applying at the. Municipal Hall in Point Grey, the council has authorized the construction of two sewers, to' b«-• laid on Forty- ;„!,-, » ■■ - ... , ,,- r,, cwu Hwnre, car u« pppipp oii rurcy- hlSLDJa"3l0^^JeSl,^„n, ^ third avenue, from Cypress streel bringing under British pqlitical dominion and British canitalist exploitation, the whole territory from the Libyan desert to the Siamese frontier. Egypt, Palestine, Arabia,- Mesopotamia, Persia Baluchistan, India, Burma—when the process is completed these will form, ah unbroken red patch ion the ma^- perhaps even east one:half block, and on Sixty-first avenue, from Fremlin street, easterly to the lane. The engineer states that several men, residents of the municipality, have been looking for work.and are in need of employment. Tenders will be called for other ^ewer jobs. Union Tailors D. Aitchiaon, Westminster Trust Bldg.,. New Westminster. X Abrains, 876 Robson St. Ur Beaton, 563 Georgia St. West. Beyland. 901' Robson.St. . J A. Carr, Powell River. Charles -Butt, 1068A Pender St. West. Onmmln ft Creelman. 603 Dunsmuir St Creasey_751 Granville St. J. Oa»eT4« Oranville St. "- Oray'& Jeff, 2530 Main Street. Hartle Bros., 662 Sevmonr. X lr ftrnrneanx, 445 Granville St. Matatall ft Marshall, 1080 Robson St Thos. Morgan, 817 OranvlUe St. ■ Perry ft Dolk, 18 Hastings St. West. Petterson, 14 Cordova 'St. West. Perrlnfl 3140 Main St Ray Bros., 80 Hastings St. West Slowin, 207 Hastings Street West. Storry. 653 Granville St. J. H. Sweder, 427 Soymonr St. Union Tailors. 346 Hastings West. Wllliston ft Kennedy,'p>4f7 Pender St. Van Aiken. 520 Colnmtfla Ave. Witt READY MADE C&OTHINO STORES a EMPLOYING UNION BUSHEUfEN Arnold ft Qnlgley, 540 Oranville St. Brace Ltd , 410 Hastings Be West. Book, D. X., 137. Hastings West. daman's Ltd., 153 Hastings West. . Wm. Did, Ltd , 45 Hastings East ' Thos Foster, Ltd., 608 Granville St J. W. Poster, Ltd., 348 Hastings West. Robinson's), 441 Hastings West. Thomas ft McBain. 666 Granville St. SECESSION MOVEMENT HAS /3PENT ITS FORCE The Scccessic-n movement among the iboilermakers of Canada-has already snent its -force,! according to R. C. McCutchan, vice-president of the International Brotherhood of Boilermakers, Iron Shipbuilders and Helpers, who has just, .concluded a visit to lodges in the maritime provinces, Quebec and eastern Ontario. In New Brunswick, Quebec City, Rivjere du Loupe, Charny, Ottawa, and Carleton Place, McCutchan said he found the memttership 100 per .fent. for* the international brotherhood. There have been ■ secessions f'-om the .lodges in Montreal and Sherbrooke, the seceders in these places haying organized theiptfelves in loenk of the- Canadian Brotherhood of Railway Employees. By SCRUTATOR. With the / coming of' Springlike weather, followers of sport are beginning to talk Baseball, Cricket, Yachting and other pastimes >vhich are followed <][uring the summer months, and the athletes partaking in these spor.ts are itching for the signal to commence activities. Winter games are fast drawing to the end of their schedules, hockey, will be over in two or three weeks, anjj although football drags on well into the early summer, the bigger part of the season is past. Reviewing hofckey firstyi it is to "be regretted that the Vancouver Maroons have made such a popr showing in the Western League ind'have failed to make a place in the play-off series for the right to compete for, the World's champion- ' ' '* m ' ar ship. It is up to the fans now to pull for our neighbors, Victoria Cougars, to repeat iast. year's triumph, although it will be a much harder task this year even if they manage, to win out (in the West, for a trip East to compete on strange ice and among the raving fans they have back there will/test them far more than playing but (here on the Coast, to say nothing of the calibre of the opposition. And the latter itself will be of the highest order this year, for it appearsalmost certain that the Ottawa Senators will represent the East, and they""have proved that they are one of the smoothest aggregations gathered together in recent -years,— Whether it be! Edmonton,. Saskatoon or Victoria wljo make tire trip, they-have a tremendous task on hand to, retain the Stanley Cup for the WeSt. In .amateur circles, the game has-gone over better this year than ever before, and records have been broken in the way ^.fcussp^sssls*^ games and the .play-off series. Towers have proved themselves the class team and "should make- a splendid, showing in the Allan Clip series, but great credit is due to the Ex-King George sextette, for-their splendid performance in this their first year in Senior company. ■ '. ; "' ■ , Strife Mars Soccer Soccer football^ jWhich started out so promisingly with two different organizations operating leagues in the city, has been marred by the conflict between the two controlling bodies. The game has suffered in consequence, not necessarily on the field, but in the eyes of followers of the game, who are heartily Sick of. this coniinual strife.. If harmopy could be" restored, and all get together for the good of the game, Nothing could prevent it from going ahead in the city, but under present conditions more harm than good "is Deing done, The Iglxftd club, apart from Victoria Veterans, arc the class of the Coast league, although Westminster United are holding a leading position at" present, and we would like to see them stay there right tp the end. Of the three divisions in the Mainland league, Empire {Stevedores look like carrying off the First Division honors," Nationals the- Second Division, and North Vancouver Ex-High the THird section. ELECTRIC power development, is synonymous with general development • ■. * "The great expansion of the -B. C. Electric's power - system , on the mainland and on Vancouver Island betokens the progress of British Columbia. '-,',...' No industry on the continent can show such steady and continuous rapid growth as the electrical industry. Never in its history has the industry recorded a decrease in its annual revenue. BKITCSH GOIUtfBIrT i^toTRicItaflfiyCo. ntk^mmcD • \iZyH4r * VirTflPTA VANCOUVER WHITE LUNCH^LIMITED Five Places to Eat. Granville Street—Nos. 439 and 806. Hastings Street—Nos. 128" East, 124 West and 439 West Satisfaction Guaranteed. POPULAR PRICES TABLES FOR LADIES REST ROOMS FOR LADIES NEVER CLOSED RED STAR DRUG STORE "The Mail Order Druggists" We Make a Special Effort to Get Goods Ont by First Mail After Recolpt '*.'•-.■ ot Yonr Order. CORNER CORDOVA AND CARRALL VANCOUVER, B. 0. MAINLAND CIGAR STORE THE PLACE FOR PIPES }. 310 CARRALL STREET, VANCOUVER t< a The Burroughs Adding. Machine Co*, has cnmnlcted thp one billionth machine.—What with these and bookkeepers' billing and cost machines, t^e clerical worker is- fncjng more ami more displacement, the asme as , Marnlansjf Cup Series The Mainland Cup series is now under way, and has reached the third round, which is held up pending the decision of the Provincial Associa- tiort.bn Westminster United's protest against the. ruling of the Lower Mainland body in fining them $200 and throwing them out of the competition for staging the last round match on Athletic Park .instead^of at Marpore as ordered by the match committee in-control of the-ties. This decision will be known after the B.C.F.A. meeting on Saturday night. The surprise team of the competition has been Nortfi Vancouver Ex-High Up to the present, and these boys are to be congratulated c/n having knocked out two Senior teams in St. Andrew's and Empire Steve/dores. They haye another-stiff match in the heXt round against Hotel Vtmepuvef, who will have the advantAe of home ground, and it' is 'just on the cards that the' have been challenging Natibnals',mueh closer, for league honors than they are. As-.it is they are the only team 'who have administered a decisiye league beating to the leaders, and "if they* do .not get the league honors, they; are hoping to repeat their tto- quois cup success of last year, and as - they have a sound eleven they may accomplish this feat. ..'-.": Shellys have found the going in the First Division much hardier than the Tnird, of which tfcey were champions last year,, but they have nevertheless made a creditable showing and are well up in the table, Rugby football is to all intents and purposes finished, arid the; only remaining game is the one* on Saturday under English rules, in' which Ex-King George will visit. Victoria and endeavor to win the Rounsfell and Province Cups from the cajjitol city squad. .University of British Columbia have taken a decisive step in deciding to compete under American rules next year, and. have no doubt done'so with the object of having inter-collegiate matches with the. U. S. Varsity teams. -. ,--' Gettin Ready For Baeeball Baseball will soon be in full swing, and already the sound of bat and bali can be heard on the .vacant lots changes. The Fjremen's Athletic club- have made application for a place in - the Senior A league, but have not yet been accepted for. that circuit. If they do catch a place, they may* be seen out in Senior B company. Westminster will have one or two changes in their league, and the: burning question seems to be who the re- , doutbable Ole Olson will perform for. Whoever is fortunate enough to coni-' mand his services will have a. great match winner and one who is capable of carrying his side to championship honors. ' ^ Billiard Wizard Coming-. Billiard lovers;in the city have another treat in store for the popular English cueist, Clause Falkiner will . be here on Monday for a stay of two weeks. - Those who witnessed this - wizard during his Inst two visits know what he is capable of and what a de- v lightful player he is to watch in action, and will be anxious-to see* him "perform again. . It is quite-on the cards that a match will be arranged -between him ,and -Stanley -Newman, ano'theiv'Old Land professional, who has-been-.in Vancouver this last tWQa'niQnths and has proved that he is ir*player of no mean ability, andifa'meeting between the two'is fixe.d/tfp, the promoterscan rely upon Pitchers will "shortly commence to j capacity crowds td see the sessions. warm up the old soupbones, so that I It is alSiMwped that Falkiner, will they can put them over when the time I meet our new Western and Provincial arrives. Anticipations are a that the] title holder, Sid Boys, wh'p did so coming season will be as gootl^if not ["well in .the Canadian championship better, than last year, and ff our [series recently concluded, despite the own local amateurs can provide the ' fact that he. was .unfortunate. enou^' same bill bf fare, there will be vcry'l to meet A, E. Woodward^ the Eastern North-Shore teqin may be defeated, [few kicks coming. • Exactly what j representative'.; and hew jjolmnioa"" the factirv wo'W b-"> h»en f"c)n>»! The Hotel team fiave shown aup'strorig teams Will be competing is not yet champion, in the finalijaine for 'the machine production with' its resultant sincc*ti,e first ^ W<&k*< °^ had it-definitely known, although it is cer- j Canadian title, When be^(Woodward) unemployment ,.' not been for.-a/bad start they might tain-that there will be one or two'lwas in such brilhant form ■'pf.'ii,T,ii'-c*jrw»ii iiiiiiiiiiiiii'liWiWMiWWilMW:1 ''''"" —--"-' ' ' . THE LABOR STATESMAN MArch 5th, 192(5 CONTINUOUS PQ.UCY-NOQN-'TILL MIDNIGHT VAUDEVILLE AND FEATURE PICTURES BRIGHTEST -2- THEATRES STRAND THEATRE Vancouver's Premier Boom Preeontu FIRST RUN PICTPHEB and tbe » STRAND OPERATIC OOWtAMT REX THEATRE . Vancouver's Popular Houee '■PrtJMUtaU - THE BEST XM MOVES* *J' and the -.- COUNTRY STOBE . COLONIAL THEATRE DtmsMUIB AND OBANVTT.I.E PREMIER FILM ATTRACTIONS Three Variety Programme* from Cream of Local Performed Moderate Prices- Continuous, 11 to 11 ^lllllllllllllllllllllilllllllllllllllllMltlllllli | Langer Theatres | WINDSOR 25th and MAIN 1 VICTORIA S 43rd and VICTORIA 1 ,.*■ ALMA BBOADWAV and ALIfA 1 REGENT 5 3370 HASTINOS ST. B. | KERRISDALE ■"S-^fjpiilonnSelp v Popular Prlcee 5 -I Bright and interesting shows every' day that j£ ■IS you and your family cannot afford Io miss, Sj niiiiiiiMiJiiiriiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiilliiiiiuin Broadway Theatre MAIN AND BROADWAY NOW SHOWING "Sally of the Sawdust" D. W. GRIFFITHS The pu&Hc has many preut ofterlnRS td thank him for, and" when he visUs the = Uhfai 'B7-»rH*~irTmri^arri^e eviaent * »«rceen mmiQn.&"ior national de. that a meed of gratitude to this eh- fr ■ ' ,J '" heaven's namp arc wf lightened actor-manager ia due, as on this occa.sfon the popular player will present "The Corsican Brothers," Tn "The 'Corstcdn Brothers" Sir John follows in tbe steps of his great master. Sir Henry Irving. Charles Dean created the role in DiwivrBoucicoult's translation of .the French play *n 1852. Charles Feehter, a. distinguished English actor df the sixties, assayed it eight years ater. It was not rtfvlved until Irvin; Peppy Orphi Vaudeville at eura Next Week After the Way V.he Siamese Twin*, no\v appearing at'the Orpheum Theatre, have been attracting crowds numbering thousands, and nearly necessitating the calling out of the police reserves one would think that the Orpheum would be a pretty quiet place for a few weeks,, but Jhe show coming next Thursday and Friday and Saturday should* have the .effect of increasing interest if anything." For it is going-tb be one of the snap- piost, brightest, peppiest shows that ever graced a Vancouver stage.. tetnafro and Phillips are the headliners and come to vaudeville straight from musical comedy where they scored one of the biggest hits in recent years. They are great entertainers and usually contrive to keep the most inane audience in fits of laughter. Tlveir actx even now Is a miniature musical comedy full of , nifty songs, dances and patter. The Bekefi and Barsha dancing troupe is said to be one of the finest terpslchor- ean acts on th© stage this year and they will offef a. dance treat entitled 'Tip Tbe." Their reputations are great but their dancing is .even greater and they wIH please everybody. The laugh hit of the season Is the offering called "The Ostepath." This chap is a born comedian and when he brings his patients on the-stage, throws them- into the chairr-ami manUfli'latos .Ihfilr spines in all conceivable <lfFections ■' (not to mention a few Inconceivable ones) fie will surely bring the house to its feet. Reed and La Vere are musicians of the piano, violin and. guitar but \ they, sing, dance and clown with such lability and-mirth-that they threaten to \stop every show." .Ajiother surprise act, \attractlve pictures and the Orpheum concert orchestra will complete this show. - * , Sir John Martin- Harvey at Orpheum The appearance of Sir John "Martin- Harveyand Miss N. de Sllva (Lady Martin-Harvey) together^ with their gifted company in Canada are always regarded, and very properly Tegarded, as red-letter events. ■ . ,- Sir John Martin-Harvey has done so much for the English stage-, and so large a share of the manple of Irving has fallen upon his gifted shoulders that his artistic doings are always watched with the keenest Interest by those who' are closely interested--in the well-being of. the drama- Sir John Martin-Harvey's perception of the artistic need, -and his expert knowledge of dramatic values, have always gone hand and handi so to say. With Woodsworth at Ottawa By J. S. WOODSWORTH. i Membership in th« House of Commons involves mores acrifices for those resident in the West than for those in the East. Western men reckon oii being away from home for five or six months in the year. This' means much extra expense, much difficulty' in providing for the needs"of their wives and children, and in addition, a very serious break in business or -professional arrangements., Mapy. Of the eastern members can fit in their parliamentary duties without seriously disarranging their home or business life.- They can leave the House Friday evening and spend. t%e week-end at nome returning perhaps late on Monday evening. If there is any extra business to be attended to ihey can probattly arrange to take an extra day away. In this way, they spend in reality only about half the time in the capital. In the arrangements of the Houses in order to suit the convenience of the, easterners, little important business is do'n'e on Friday or on Monday. The Westerners, unable to get away, must more or less mark time during these days, and1 in addition are tied at Ottawa during the numerous holidays, which the Quebec members consider should be kept by Parliament. .'■■ House Clean Our Minds! Of. course many of the Westerners take advantage of the week ends to visit outside points. Last,week, Miss MacPhail arid I had speaking engagements in Toronto before the Woman's International League for Peace and Freedom. Miss MacPhail gave a strong address from which we give 'a few extracts: • " "Many of us have to house clean our minds. And when we do it a lot of the pictures will h^ve to be changed." JiOur task today is /o free youth from the prejudices and hatreds of age." ' ■■ ; "Three- great bodies are saying daring things about these matters— Labor, Farmers and the Churches, I put (hem in* that order knowing. I do so." nddcad It to his repertoire in 1880, making an enormous lilt and winning the highest praise from the critics of the, day. MartLn-Harvey played it flrst as a production on his own account at the old Adelph) In Ifl07, though ho played in the {irnma's during his long assocla- '-Uon-Vi'ith ^lr Henry both in life States ,and Its London, as woll as In repertory tours through the English provinces, His succ>esfi was little less spectacular than that of Irving himself and he has always had a warm spejt ln his heart for the drama, despite Its age and the fact that, new plays have-constantly Intrigued his attention and his ambitions. Social Insurance Plan In Germany and Austria Austria.—The negotiations which have- been going on between the German and Austria Governments with a view to a Mutual Agreement for' social insurance have recently been concluded' and the pact signed. This pact provides that the citizens of both states shall have equal rights in regard to social insurance legislation, and lays the founoation for a close co-operation between the insuring bodies in both States. The periods of contribution are to ba the' same under both the German n«m-marual workers' and the Austrian-^pension- insurance schemes. The effect of this arrangement is that the workcY wiU riot run the risk of losing the reyerA sion from his insurance By transferring his employment (and i.e., residence) from one country to the other. The agreement is now to be submitted for the approval of both Parliaments,- after which the ratification' •will soon follow! Puzzled Eddie Eddie, who has always attended a Baptist Sunday school,/was taken* on a visit .to Sunday school at a Methodist church. "Mamma, how is this?" he said. ''I thought you said this was a Methodist Sunday school." ,'■ "So it is, my dear." '. '' - ; "Well,, but, mamma, tte lesson was all about John the Baptist." • PLASTERERS' WAGES ... Windsor, Ont.—At a 'conference between master plast'eWs and members of the local plasterers' union recently, the union members agreed to a renewal of the wage scale in force last year. ■ The terms of the agrement provide for wages of $1.50 pqr hour and a 44-hour week. Sir William Joynsen-Hieks has done maps-tor the cause of liberation than a ton of Moscow theses.— Mr. F. Montague, "M.P. fen.se—who in heaven's name are we to bo defended against: Mexieo, Cuba, the Eskimos?" "Cadets! Who in this audience is coward enough to get up and say he wants to' train a 14"-year old boy to defend him?" " "When I heard some of the recruiting speeches made in one church during the war I thought the Prince of Peace must have left that church." "You can't pour children into an educational mould—education must be molded for the children." . "How many parents ever read the public school text books? Just try it once." - " '•'.'...• "Children like us to tell therii the truth—the school books'don't dp it.i< Nova Scotia Crisis The regular order of the debate on .the address was interrupted last Monday by a discussion on the Nova Scotia- miners' situation introduced by the Conservatives. Unfortunately, in this, as in 'most questions partisan consideration tended to becloud the real issue. However, it was clearly brought out that the miners were still in an almost desperate position, anoV that no relief was in sight, M. Stewart making the. announcement that the Federal Government, was. prepared to assist in helping- the miners. This is in decided contrast from the position ^hich the government took up a year ago. ■> Special Relief for Miners The immediate question was with regard to the placing of a' large order for coal by* the Canadian National .Railways in order to give some special relief. It was considered'by some that Bespo was taking advantage of the situation to 'extort a higher price than should be paid and tkjis throw heavier burdens upon the Canadian National and hence upon the people at: large. Advantage was taken, of the discussion by the Progressives to urge protection as the only remedy. , Again the whole question arises as to the morality ,of tax ing the whole people in the interests of one particular section. Ih this particular case there i^ the added objection, that the protection would apparently be in the interests of a great corporation with no guarantee whatever that the ^mplqyees' would be materially benefitted. . Pcjrty Warfare Stops The Progressives are introducing all sorts, of innovations. One morning this, week tijey invited the Labor members to join them in their Caucus room, to meet with the members' irqm the. maritime provinces to hear- from them an account of their rights and-wrongs. It was rather curious to find both Liberal and Conservative Westerners sitting side by side to present their common case. The discussion cut right across party lines, and in the course of an hour and a half there was more real sense talked than usually is heard in days in the House itself. Where men are not talking for publication or talking as a means of carrying on party "warfare, it is astonishing how quickly they can get down to business. Surely a rather sad commentary on Parliament itself when men must leave the Chafnber and go into a private room in order to find out from each other what they are really thinking and devise some practical measures of meeting the real needs which all must recognize. A gathering of this kind is very significant as showing the new spirit which has begun to show itself, and which, if developed, may make a great change in the public life of Canada. As the debate goes on there is little change manifested in the general situation. The question of the possibilities of co-operative government is still rather problematical. The Progressives, and Labor men seem quite determined -to form any sort of a coalition government. They are attempting, however, to secure some co-operation in a legislative program. Of course/parties cannot be altogether overlooked. Those who have sat iri the House for over four years cannot but realize how frequently the Liberals have failed tq, live up to their promises. Then at the present time, undoubtedly the government is very weak. Afraid of Conservatives But what is the alternative. Look down the Conservative benches. Undoubtedly, there is much greater administrative ability in evidence, but as one of the Progressives, remarked: "When I look -at these men I' feel ana-iStf-wartr and Hemming and Hanson and Ed Foster and Cc nan—some with records and some admittedly representing the big interests—rail "Uniting with those about them in the demand for higher protection. " ".''-'• Under these circumstances it seems as if the only course is to attempt the very delicate and perhaps doubtful experiment of co-operation, with the group which under the pressure of circumstances is willing to co-operate. , . -...... ;. .A. Difficult Tafk \ The course which lies ahead even during the present session is by no means clear. It is easy to lay down general principles—every group and every section, of every group' may easily quote these general principles Seymour 3168 Always Open Empire Cafe and Grill Vancouver's Best '.Under Personal Management,Of ' | HAROLD DEGG BOB KRAUSE Late 54th Batt. . Late 72nd Batt. -J 76 Ha.ting. St. E. Vancouver, B.C. BERGMAN'S CAFE 324 CAMBIE STREET The Best of Eats at Popular Mom UNION HOUSE—North ot Hastplntfs Tho Plain Mas'* Hot«l — Ev.ry Modern OOBTanlanee HOTEL J3UROPE XAeeaset Beverage Parlor 43 PowcslI StrsMt ▼aneouvor £ Juggling With Bread And Flour Prices United States.—Articles of food I consumption have recently become} exceedingly dear in the United States. I Whereas in June, 1025, prices stood on an average at.55 per cent.- above the pre-war rates, by November they had reached 67_pec_cent; (and in . Chicago even 76 per-cent)'. Perhaps the most putstanaing case j in point is the price of bread, which the recently formed Bread Trust aims at keeping at the present high level, whft' at the same -time it is attempting to cu.t costs, and so get I the biisiness -arid- resultant profits into j its own hands. A pound-loaf of j bread in Fargo, N.D., in the heart of J the great Jted River wheat country, V costs 10 cents. Ancj yet a four-pound ' loaf in London costs 9 pence, not I quite. 18 cents, * </r 4% cents per I pound. It will be]realized jus* how'; significant this is When it is remem-1 bered that mote'than half the bread a in London is made from wheal ship^-1 ped from North America, largely I from the region centering in Fargo. I To get toI^^nj^isjvh_eatJ»uat Jw.» and rail, transferred to steamers, and then taken across'the ocean. And i yet, after all these expenses, the finished produce costs half as much in London as in Fargo,—though we may be sure ' that the London bakeries - don't lqse ja the sale of their bread, but see to it that they make their bit. j U. S. Magnates Easily I Thrown Into Panic While England is drifting ^towards :, a working class republi ;*the rest of * the world is by no means standing " still. In the United States there ex- | ists .toda^ the most stable' capitalist 4 government in this*old. sinful world. ] But even there/the capitalist class isf. in justification/of its Section bu? itr notJ""a" sV%°f.tlle **ft gftiN* on the affairs of their country. Watch how easily they can be thrown into is not easy to' apply general principles to concrete situations. All we 1 . can.sav is that the-members of-the a Pamc ff"r 8Ct 3S sava«e!y.a"^ as | independent groups are endeavoring unreaso,n?bly as 1 ^T ^"^J" ■ f„ A UJL ..La.J t„ " "uI-J U.: crowded /burning building arid Strug- gling for his life. Well./over one J to do their utnfcst to steer--the'ir way through a very difficult channel. Tf ..their craft strikes a rpek the iault may-not lie in their lack of skill so much as in the' very nature-of our present parliamentary institutions. , Austria's Fight Against Unemployment Terror Austria.—In Austria, as elsewhere, unemployment has increased to* an alarming extent. The national trade union organizations have been considering, how the situation can be relieved; and as, %\ result of their consultations have recently submitted b memorandum to the government, in which-they offer suggestions and. comments with regard to the general economic policy; constructiveSJncomfng doom.—Maritime work for the? unemployed; the pro- "' teetionist policy of the adjacent states; the promotion of, new indus tries; ana the construction of a great, freeport at Vienna. The memorandum'also deals with population problems, and demands that the period of compulsory school-attendance shall be extended by one year—Vthus creating a.temporary lull in thelconstant stream, of young people who are being turned out on the labor market without the remotest chance of employment. . „ And It Wu "A power plant here we will-Build,!' Said Engineer McWham'; •*'*• . The rjycr's only comment was, "Well, I be darned!" - —Cincinnati Enquirer. hundred working men are iri the jails of the ' United .States ' arid; nearly everyone of them is. absolutely guilt- | less of the charges for-Which they | suffer. Take the case of Tqm Mooney , and Bjllings. They were as innocent | ! of the crime' that they have spent nine years in jail for as the babe I j sthaf is yet unborn,'but Tom Mooney I i Was a* splendid trade unionist and | spoke manfully up for his class^ hence ■ j the savage a'nd uni-elenting panic of I the capitalist claSs of the United j States, . The capitalis_t_-tthemselvcs i admit by their savage panic'that one j or two Tom Moopey*.abroad in the,' United States woilld greatly endanger ]_ the io'ttsjring fabric of capitalism in ?- that country. They see the - ristng flood in otheb lands and their black | heart quakes with fear at their own Labor Herald. Too Wirt Fritz comes weeping from school. « "What's the matte??" asks his 7 mamma. -'--" aH "Teacher- gave me a* beating." "What for?" * . . "Because I was the only one in the * class who could answer hiB question?" J "What was^the question?" "It was 'Who hag-put this frog in J my ink well?!"-—Lustige Blacttcr," Berlin. "Olga, where'g that split-pea aoupjgj I ordered for dinner?" , "Such a* yob!'-Ay bane split peas all afternoon ahd not yet alretty bane Ay got halluf enough."—Cleveland ■_ NfflF' I: March 5th, 1926 THE LABOR STATESMAN Spring Catalogue Now Ready, Ask for One—Mailed on Request, Free OUR seed department has received their complete stock of . Howes' and vegetable*seeds, which,- have all been government Muted. Our catalogue lists many special ol?e.r_s_Jn- :■*"■ ' ', collections. Sweet Pcs^s. Cladlolas, Asters, etc. - We are offering many of the latest novelties, both in' vegetable and flower ;■■■ ,1. ... WRITE FOB'* WHOLESALE PRICE LIST Brown Brothers & Co., Limited * .FLORISTS, NURSERYMEN AKD SEEDSMEN Head Office: 48 Hastings Street Batt. Phones Seymour 672-988 605 Oranville St., Sey. 1391-9513 151 Hastings W., Ssy. 1370 REAL BEER 6c PEE PINT MAKE it yourself at home with our Peerless Yeast and other Peerless ingredients. Don't experiment. Fqllow -our recipe and use only Peerless . Products. Satisfaction guaranteed or money back. '"''-'•*'■ Investigate. Evening, appointments. PEERLESS YEAST CO. OF B.C., UMITED 525 BURRARD STREET PHONE SEYMOUR 952 HERE AND THERE BY A FLOATER | According ^he-aBcmtoiuTrBtrreati if Statistics the average price of [arm lands' in B. G., including improved and unimproved lands was 188 per acre. Some of the old eoun- ry immigrants are coming to these and.s, ranging from 25 to 40 Seres' h area. .They,are loaned $1,500 by he British government to purchase tock, etc' • Some -.of the- land that hey are .going, to is yalued 'at $1,500,. ind is to be paid for in, 25 years at I per, cent, interest. This makes a iptal capital,outlay of $3,000i When heintei-est is'totaled up for that pe- 'iod it is'found to bo $1,950. This nakes a grand total of $'1,950. This h seen to, be *:consideraDJy in excess 11 the,price of»40 acres at the a,ver- Tge price per acre 't|s given by the bureau of Statistics, namely $3,520, ^he intending settler is hot aware if the price of this particular brand [)f real estate, but is taking the hances on it. After ho It^" *"■<■" Ms-iai^.i«-F«swm^t:tM^'^f^iW'no fOBbrhave made the discovery that, eing a "stranger," the government at '"taken him in.'* { . ' ■'. -• '*.'." *'.*'■ •The' Dominion authorities have keen tryin -to make us .believe that Ihey are only urging married people to come to Canada this year.' But it I'i'ik leaked out in the dispatches that, Included among those already booked Io come this spring, there are about E70 single men. If these are to be lorrte of the men who are to be guaranteed emjiloynien^ for five years by Ihe Dominion government, will, someone at Ottawa explain what they bropose to do for the thousands of |dle single men already in Canada? ,' ■ * ' *. »*' Ex-Mayor Tisdall 'po'nts out as evidence of prosperity in the Fraser Valley the fact that the school population is three or four times as much s ft was twenty yearrf ago. From this, many; of those having only two pf a family, will readily see the kmount of prosperity they are missing by not having about eighteen of p family. The Fraser Valley'ferm- fer should tell that to his missHs. •The question was raised Recently n the federal house'sbptit the variety )f immigrants arriving at St. John. It was stated there wye nineteen, anguages spoken "By people ;of as pany different nationalities on joard. The acting ■ minister of im- nigratjon explained .that, included imong the immigrants, were people from preferred as well as non-preferred nations. He did not state who ;he "non-preferred"people were, but seeing that\some of' these are to be juaranteed \ employment for five (tearg,- and,to be-given preference at :he government employment bureaus, we have the suspicion that the "non- rf'if erred" wity be those already here bolting for work. m IVI is intimated that the ,o]d age i Jllion.bill to be considered at the federal house is to provide the muni- •cent amount of $20 - per month. pat is. considerably, different than fre provision made for the broken- ^>wn politicians occupying the bench- j of the MOld man's home," thetSen- «. i The old age pension provided IN WOMAN'S REALM Every day through factory gates and workshop doors, millions of working-women are,crowding, hurrying to take 'their places in the industrial machine. Over eight and a half million women jn the United States, are today toiKng in the factories and shops, in the fields and on the .farms for low wages doled out to them by their bosses /•'"'•' And' it- is still believed by ijiany that these working women represent a constantly changing and temporary force" in industry ,\that, this eight and a. half ipillion, for the most-part includes young girls who work for that -short time that elapses between' the time' they leave school and the time they get married. But a study of the figures pf the conditions of the working women.jn this country will reveal .that.nothing could be farther from the truth. ■ No 'Well Brinkley" Dream, for • Working Girl u Five million working women are over twenty-four years of age. And many of the others will continue in industry long after'they have reached that age. .\~-Z~- Marriage does not -spell release.to the ^average working woman. Rather it means greater responsibilities and heavier burdens. In a recent* study of the family status of wage-earning women, the United States department of.'labor used as a basis four cities for those gentlemen is,a steady joB"-representative of the different indus for life, with the sum of $4,000 for about three months' work each year as long as they Nve. After they have reached the age when they are,no longer able to play the game of poll tics, if there-cis a vacancy and the right party, from their standpoint, is ic power, they are pensioned off for the Senate. On the other hand, the man who has spent a life of usefulness to-humanity and reaches the age when his declining Energy prevents him' from continuing so; they intend to, present him with the' miserable reward of $20 per month. If that is to be the reward of "honest toil," the sooner we have a restatement of human values the better.' ,-'.* •».:♦' - *** The soldier settlers 'around Oliver, in the Okahagan, have asked the provincial government for land to be set_§Side.. laHuflTo7""minister - of lands, states that the request will be complied with. Ort the other hand, let any of the unemployed around Vancouver ask for land for settlement purposes and see how thejr fare. It is a. safe bet they will meet with_a flat-refusat*—•—' —r*""— ■'* . ' ' ...'''. Silver Mine Magnates Feel Workers' Power Corsica.—The workers in the silver-mines of San Polo (Corsica) have, recently been discovering what the tra|e unions can do for them. Until now they have had tojnake the best of a bad job, and accept their employers' terms: starvation wages apfl outrageously long hours ,with no overtime pay." Njpt' long ago, however, they formed into a trade union ■and drew up a memorandum stating their demands, which they handed over to the mine-owners: these demands included: recognition of-the 8-hour day, and a general increase in wages.'The employers, .who were hot used to anything but abject submission, were not in the least disturbed, and complacently ignored the letter from the new trade union. Imagine their surprise, then, when one fine day they,discovered, that all the workers,- Without a Single exception; suddenly went pn-strike! The workers stuck, to their guns for three whole weeks and showed not the slightest sign of* giving in, so that in the end the silver-mine magnates, having learnt their lesson, were forced to agree to a considerable increase in wages, and the recognition of the 8-hour day! , ;ceives 8%d to fOd an hour under protection, as compared with the British worker's Is. -1 %d. to Is. 6d. Anybody but a Tory would regard that as a reason for not imitating .the German protective system. Tariffs mean Tow wagwand longer hours. " ', :rT~ . trial* sections of the country. The conditions and averages they found, can be tajten as representative of the conditions of the five million older women who are in industry, ^hey found in the cities studied a total of 40,000 wage earning women. Of these* over 55 per cent. were married. Only 2 per cent, of those who were married ahd'working were-childless. Fifty-three per cent, had children to care for. Moreover 40 per cent, of the working mothers hid' babies five years pf age or under. . (,_* Lock Babies ln| Go Work for Boss TheSe married women-workers had really' two jobs, if not three. Four- fifths of .the married Women-workers maintained homes, and did all the housework, including laundry, in addition to caring for the children and working outside the home. •'. Many managed to get work at night, locked their childreh in and went off to the factory. Others worked outside, the children in, charge of neighbors or "older" children and tried to keep house at night.... And over two-thirds of these women workers, it must be noted; 'had another wage-earner "in the family—the husband, whose paltry wages were'not sufficient even'to feed the family. It's Easy—for the Boss! •■J Of course, these eight and a half oftnillion women who are forced into industry, appear to the capitalists as a group which can beJeasily exploited They are, for tHje most part, unskilled; Only_one-fiftceiittr of them are ori ganized in trade unions. Their occupations vary, according to the section of the country in which they live and the industries which require the services' of the unskilled. But the low wages and the long hours of the women inall sections of the coun try are common to them- all: , J And the problems, of all the working women of America are essentially the same. And her problems of low Wages and long hours, *of the double job of factory and home, of her pitiful attempt to make> both ends meet and willy-nilly help feed and clothe her family, will never be solved until she joins with the working man and over-throws the system which is grinding them both for its Own miserable ends. a ronizeII whole wisest FLOUR EVERY HOMC NEEDS IT! MAKE SURE YOU' (JET IT— AND NOTHING ELSE. It Is' Rich io Nourishment— 'DELICIOUS ' Ring Up Sey. 2354 for Appointment DR. W. J.CURRY ," 'dentist Suite 301 Dominion Building '?.,'. Vancouver, B. C. W. E. FENN»S School of Dancing PRIVATE AND CLASS JLESSO.NS Social Dances, Monday, Wednesday and Saturday. SEYMOtTR 101. COTILLION HALL ■ iL- NOTARY PUBLIC , P. R. BENGOUGH Secretary TradeB and Labor Council v ' v "" ' Boom 803, 16 Hastings Street East Phones:. Sey. 74S5-62T9 Sea Roving MUDDLED TORY- REASONING The Tories say we ought to imitate the permans and protect.our cutlery industry like they do. That is the reason that they give -^that the German cutlery' maker has to work 56 hours a week under protection instead of the British irafr^tfiql*** lie— only ~rg^" "chanics to follow them, Shoring and theatre, wherein a .greater drama is acted than is ever performed on the mimic stage, beginning and ending in! eternity.—Carlyle. NEED MINERS IN NEW YORK V ' In New York City there is coming about an acute demand, for a new kind of miner, the subway digger, who will get behind a drill under the busy streets and drill and blast out rock, do sahdhogging in the bores Und^-j^gvw^..ag_iyjilf,-7iirafrgj^ gj- It don't matter where you roam if ' you ain't got any cash, ' ArnpTrgSoiT an' a bum—that's "what you are. < I found it out quite easy when I trieo> ' te cut a dash— Got boozed an' lost me ship in Zan- bracing, and finally laying tracks and building stations for over 1.00 miles of subways planned for the city for the next live years. , - tZ^Lpsl York.=Two- hundred^pohce have' handed in their resignations to take, place next month, Several hun Man carries under his hat' a private' dred others are threatening to follow their example as they cannot live on the salaries paid them. They are now receiving $2,200 per annum and want at least $2,500. *' - - WILD ORGIES HELD BY . "GENTLEMEN (?) OF ENGLAND" COLLEGE BOYS' TRY TO "GET" SECRETARY COOK Mr.. A. J. Cook, secretary British Miners' Union, addressed a crowdeda and enthusiastic meeting'in the large Conf'Exchnnge building at Oxford. During the speaking a mob of undergraduates tried to rush the doors, yelling*. "We want Cook."' Failing in this they exploded, firecrackers Outside and threiv stories on the roof. - IVhcnj'Cook stated: "We do iiot want the mines'for the miners, but for the nation," loud cheering en-, sued. , '■''.- V \ BERNE, Switzerland. — Hooliganism on .the part of British undergraduates and members of our public schools still continues to scandalize the quiet-loving people of Switzerland. . j Notwithstanding ,the fact that in all the hotels in Murren controlled by the Alpine Sports Club—Of which all members must be university or public school men—a notice has been posted apologizing for the outrage tlpon the property 'of Mr. William Le •Queux, the' novelist, and condemning Mr. C. W. Mackintosh of University College,' Oxford, for his behavior in having headed a party of 40 raiders to his room in the Grand Hotel, Murren, there are nightly disgraceful orgies of drunkenness ln .most of the winter sports centres. . Some of the scenes enacted by the druYiken young Englishmen and girls would not be tolerated in the.most .disreputable'London night club. Intoxicated Girls As an instance, the other night, fit Davos, a party of men and girls wept out deliberately at 2 o'clopk in the morning to the sanaWrium where noor consumptive patients are under treatment, in order to wake* them'up. The shouts and drunken behavior of the English "gentlemen" ah*d their companions were so disgraceful that the Swiss -police interfered, and the ringleaders^—who included at least one of those", who raided Mr. Xe Queux's rooms—were arrested. Again, at Wengen, a few sights ppo- at one of the smartest and- most expensive hotels the wife of the pro prietor, hearing feminine shouts, zibar. I was 'eld for ship-desertion an' they watched me, never fear; An' they told me they would keep me. so, until "TCTtisIvship arrive* there, when .I'd "ave to stow me gear— The lecturin' th.ey did fair made me' ill, .' ;.' '. - < '. So *ere!s a 'int me laddie should you eve*, chance to roanl, Don't^thiriktha^bein' white you'll 'ave a show; * An' if you're ever stranded you will wish .you'd stayed at 'ome For East is East art' West is" West .- you know. Michael Bela'ney. opened her door at 3 o'clock in' the morning and there found two English' girls so hopelessly intoxicated that they did not know the numbers ,of their rooms! * Disgusted at their conduct, she helped them to bed,, while her .husband half an hour later found one of the male guests, an undergraduate, dancing upon his billiard' tablS! Girls give "bc£r parties", at ' the local inns to all the men indiscriminately, and as whiskey only 'costs $2.50 a bottle in Switzerland, ti is drunk instead of heer by both sexes. ', Widespread Disgust ' * From every' winter sports resort comes the same- complaint to; the Swiss capital of wild orgies in which- young English peohle of both sixes take part, and' respectable folk are leaving in disgust, declaring that they will not Feturn in future, as the examples set before their wives and families are utterly disgraceful. Murren and Wengeii are particu- Jarly had\ spots, and the (Swiss police, "ever tolelrant as' far as the English are concerned, are now seriously considering the advisability, of making examples of some of the hooligans of both sexes. One reason of- this is that a few nights ago, in another hotel in Wengen, hooligans entered the room of a law-abiding Englishman and cut, up with scissors a faricjff dress costume which cost its oWner $85 only two months ago! These nightly" Orgies have brought the English into disrepute, all over .Switzerland-^and wonder.—London Daily-Herald. A young lady entered a book store and inquired of the'.old gentlemanly' clerk-^-if married man, by the way— if he had a book suitable for an old gentleman who had been married fifty years. / Without, the least" hesitation the Clerk reached for a copy of Park- man's "A Haff-Certtury of Conflict." 1 -. To .give to a woman with no other means 5s> a week and 2s. 6ds a Week in groceries is to drive her to des> perption.—Mr. Hugh Dalton, M.P.' Main St. South of 18th PEARSON'S Meat pr:*;!. Market and . Produce The Worklnguian's Prlenlj - ' f UNION SHOP ■ Y" -1273 MAIN ST. TAX*. 3331 t Phone Fair. 797 Bight Prices A. FREDERfCKSON ' QUALITY OBOCfesres AND PROVISIONS Oor, asth Avenue, and Main Street SOUTH VANCOUVER, B O.. , , , I'--'' - ROBINSON'S Cycle and Repair Store 3917 Mkip ft 23rd. Fair. 5994 Bicycle frame repairs. Saws sharpened, Baby Tires repaired. Agent for "Red, Bird" Bicycles, SKATE GRINDING Specialist in Ke.yv cul, Bu£gy Hi ,.Jrr'«»v''Jii*ft.S/'-';^>:;,,1';!J -- -.*!«•*I'.''-1"-■* - ■ - THE LABOR STATESMAN DANCING EVERY SATURDAY NIOHT ALEXANDRA ACADEMY -Bobson and Hornby Street « Piece Criterion Orchestra Regular Price* Painters to Take Referendum Vote The special meeting held last Thursday; Feb. 25, by Local. 138 of B.P.D. & P. of. City, at their Hall, 319 Pender St, was packed to hear report of committee negotiating with master painters, -After a' long discussion it was decided to have a: referendum vote" of the entire membership i'ii the question of a five-day week and in the meantime the committee will continue its meetings with the bosses. Business Agent W. Wilson reported that,theft; were several,of-th^,members working and. the regular Spring work seemed >to be opening up. Set- era! new members were initiated. Meeting adjourned at 11 p.m. meeting March 11th. And yet a' growing— Watch us grow; .. , Help us grow; Let's go! - —Yours Skibbo March 5th, 1926 PERRY &DOLK Men's Tailors 18 Hastings West Room 33 It* THE - tonsorixl CHAIR - -g- SPUD TAMSON Labor Power in America Is Ample Nevv York.—The war taught this country that it need not depend on immigration for a labor supply, said W, W. Husband, assistant secretary of labor, sj,aakirig before a group of business* women. "What undoubtedly prevented immigration restriction in earlier years was the prevalent idea that this country is a haven of refuge for* the onhressed peoples of the world," said Mr. Husband; AYiother question, that worked against restriction was 'who shall do our work?' The general belief was that we had to have, immigration to k>lve_the"question of our labor sup- ^nfv The War showed that America, w .. .-,,,,,,,-,1 vssaia America could supply its own labor, increased efficiency has also helped to solve that question. I know Of one concern that in 1924 had an output Of $50,000,000 with, a payroll pf 22,000 men^ In 1925 the same firm had an output* of $92,000,000 with only 14,- 000. The answerJs improved- mechanical contrivances." - Good morning, sir! Haircut? Yes, sir. Nice day for March. You are working I suppose? . What's that? Utility man? Oh, I see you afe a janitor in one of the bife stores. Welt"f now that is stretching your vocabulary quite a bit calling a janitor a utility man, ipight just as well call '?msti^^Wh^rW^Wi^sf~fm^ai?^T~a barber. I want tp tell you mats, that | philadeiphia._"Th7 full dinner .the low paid worker, with the steady :,pail," a'political slogan of 30 years job .will have to .get'away from that I'ago, has been revived as a method high and mighty stuff, an^ come down to determine wagg rates by the Phila- to wherC he belong^, and that is at delphia Rapid Transit Company. Ctil- the bottom -of the ladder. ,Glad to t"™1 va'u<=s> education .and higher have a job? What is your stipend living: standards will be subordinated anyhow? What $18 per week? How| to the one question: 'How much does many hours do yqu work for that? ll t,ake to fin a workers stomach? j 72? Go on, this is Canada you are 1 Thecomuanv , Well Fed Stomach nL:i. j . . , Permits to the\value of $1,509,296 were, issued for Greater Vancouver in February, $50,000 more than January and $320,000 more than February 1925. . \ : Work»has started on the first f 50>; 000 uniCof the IZOO.OOO^paper mill plant being erected in New v^estmin- ster by the Scottish Canadian Paper Co. ':': "■'"'.-. ._.»„., Contracts have been awarded to Next I Smith Bros. & Wilson'for the erec- Ition of a $165,000 store block at Homer and Hastings for Wm, Dick, the clothiers. Tenders for tbout $50,000 worth of work for sidewalks, etc -for the government property around the University of .British Columbia, have been called for. '. ^ The Cotton Co. is planning to spend about $50,000 for the erection of a; sand,' gravel and concrete products plant in North Vancouver. The C.P.R. has sold over $200,000 worth of lots in fhe Hew. Shaughnessy Heights section, just placed on the market. . , ; Tenders for a '$1,250,000 oil refining plant for theiUnion- Oil Co. operations in . Burnaby have just closed. -'.'. Smith Bros. & Wilson have secured the Contract to build a $60,000 apartment block in the West End. Galloway & Sons have Secured the contract to put up -a $21,000 apart- j ment block in the 1600 biock on lOthl Ave.'W. This firm has also secured a contract to build a $45,000 apartment' bfock at Cambie and Broadway. A- ejhtract for. the erection of a bridge over Seymour Creek to cost about $20,000 has been awarded, by I »• ,• \ , . — ___ the city to the Vancouver Pile Driv- Hamilton fX.". Want ing Co. I- Ladner has ratified a by-law. for the erection of a school to cost about $53,000. a .- ;.- * , Gilley Bros, have commenced work on its new $25,ap0 ffunkers in New Westminster. The work is being done by day labor. Special Offer TOM THE MONTH OF MA*<Bl THE HOOVER TOM, ONLY $4.50 CASH ~ ., a Hoover. Jft ^fi?%^kiW fe Hoover Booth, Main Floor-ir.EI.C St Crispin' Logging Boot . BEST EVER MADE Calks Guaranteed to Hold. Made single sole light cruiser^ , or double sole. Note, thata St_ Crispin has no seams to hurt the foot. " : DEMAND A ST. CRISPIN CHRISTIE'S LTD. 510 PENDER STREET W. u,tjJt„uciii, s^aoor .Tarty of Ontario, IfS* .Vj,. :_n,-„. '♦„_■„. lat the next provincial elections. And -Another 25 rooms in three stones I- ,., , ■ *Y ,,, ,, , , . ,, j r, Iv' r,< „„t,;ai candidates who.will contestsiae&au ■ — i—iwrw aa-jLJaM. m TV U.1II Government Control Word came from Hamilton that Government .control, will be one of the. planks in the platform of the Independent Labor Party of Ontario, at the nnvt „.„..;-.:-! _ —* rfMM nu,i\ tor tnat'f 72? Go on, this is Canada you are in, not China. Why, man, that is only 25c per hour, kind you call yourself a utility m^n/ You' had better but.a big "F" before that. Why don't you join some live labor organization, and get a little publicity on the guy who is responsible for working you that long? You have a family to keep. Wtsll, I know some people who are getting $16 per week from the Relief .Department; it would be better for you .to quit your job and go on relief. I thought the retail clerks were Kadly done oy, but you have them beat. That reminds ma, I see the white collared stiff, kind of, raised himself on his hind legs about ' his' half holidayO Say now, that was a good example for the other trades unionists to follow. Hold your meetings in the Hotel Vancouver. Away with poverty and give the cat another gold fish: The workers build those swanky places and hold their meetings in miserable—surroundings. Funny ' you know, how, slow the worker is to demand something better. These counter jumpers are all 1 worked up about their half-day holiday but if the boss asks them to work a couple of hours overtime without pay, they, like it because they get the work done, or if the stores keep open all day Wednesday because there happens to he a holiday in that partic- lar week, that is all right. Then they kid themselves they get paid foffioli- - days. Any rt>pm for you in the Retail Clerks Association? Well you. have a. tongue, why not ask? .They axe looking for hands of all trades to . come around pretty soon, and there is no reason why the janitors should not. get in on this Minimum Wage business also. .Honest to .God, I can hardly believe, that there are men working 72 hours for $18.,. Anyhow if you don't join up with the I.W.W. or the Red Guard or something, just slip along tb the nearest I.L.P, secretary, he will put you wise. Well, ' so long. Mind the step. The company is anti-union, and. maintains a company "union." RatesJ. are now determined bythe average rate paid in Detroit, Cleveland and Chicago. The street car men of these cities are thoroughly organized. Whenever they are successful in their fight for higher living standards, the local company falls in line. This "trailing behind" will be, replaced by the full dinner pail. The coYnpany—not the "union"— announces the new plan. A number , of market baskets with fixed contents, have been prepared, the prices of which are determined from month to month. ^iVages are adjusted so that at all times the contents of the pay envelope shall ve sufficient to buy the same number of standard market basket^/ .Paving projects to the valuei .of about $75*000 are being'planned by the North Vancouver City Council. Twenty-five building permits valued at $47,800'were issued in New Westminster daring February. Additional accommodation at the Tranquille Sanitariam have been planned. The structure will cost about $40,000.' The B.-C.E.R. tramway span over McKay Creek in North Vancouver .will cost $25,000. . Work will commence Mprch 15. - . North . Vaneduver/city will spend $25,000 on grading and paving the east side of Lpnsdale Ave. Permits for thp erection of. apartment house blocks in various localities of Vancouver are being held up owing to protests, of residents. The town planning commission will be appointed this week. $105,000 worth of street improvements will be commenced shortly in LPoint Grey. — .ju. <>,iu usoanajnnings on the I. L.P. ticket wjll be retfaited to pledge themselves to this. When TCart -Hqt muth, Labor\M'L.A. for South Waterloo, gave --notice of motion in the Legislature last fuesday afternoon to amend the O.T.A., he did so on the authority of I.P.L.-officials, several of whom conferred with Mr. Homuth and J. Callan, Labor M.L.A.,,-for Rainy -River, at Toronto last Tuesday. SOLDIERS TAREPLACE CIVILIAN WORKERS - The British War Office is arranging to replace civilian mechanics by soldiers at -the Feltham Military Heavy Repair Depot. - The reason given is that owing to the mechanicalization of the army it is necessary that there should be in- pair°oTTransports in war.' '? We Are going to aim at a kind of glory of existence which no civilization will be able to surpass.—Miss Margaret Bondfield. A.question I would ask of thee- A query rather curt. But some kindly tell to me How long's a short circuit? SUBSCRIBE TODAY We invite you to subscribe or get a friend to sub- ( scribe for The Labbr Statesman. The rates are .two-—- dollars for one year, one dollar for six months. TAILORS HAVE A BIG TURNOUT AT SOCIAL ON SATURDAY The Tailors' Union held a most successful whist drive and dance in the Belveder Court pn Saturday evening. - About two hundred wfte in attendance and all had a very good time. The winners of the whist prizes were: Ladies, 1st, Mrs. Jarvis;.2nd, Mrs. POwell; 3rd, Mrs. ,Nordland; consolation, Mrs. Blackman. Gent's, 1st, B. Brand; 2nd, C. Powell; 3rd, J. Thomson; consolation, G. Lambert. The committee were: Mr. and Mrs. F. Pranco, C. Mikkleson, Mi3S Kirby (who also sang) and-G. McDonald. Union Label Campaign . The Tailors are making prepara- 1 tions to put on a Union Label Cam- I paign in conjunction with an organizing campaign.' TOO MANY. PAINTERS , San Franpisco.—Organized naitl- tejs protest aeainst-stgr.les that there is a scarcity of building trades merh>- anics in this city and in California. I that Carpenters and other craftsmen have above made similar protest. watch love to Abolish Check- Off in N. S. Opposed Glace Bay. N.S.—The new wage scale contained in the wage and working agreement, recently negotiated T>3? representatives *of the British Empire Steel Corporation and the United Mine Workers of. America, which was voted down by all the locals because* it did not contain a clause involving the check-off, of miners' dues to the union, was posted at all the mines operated by the British Empire Steel orporation in Nova Scotia last Monday, and in the majority of cases, the men went to work. The matter will probably be discussed fat future negotiations. The corporation, in negotiating the new contract insisted that the check-off of union dues be abolished." A large majority of 'the miners, while agreeing to the othqr parts of the contract, wanted the check-off to continue, and voted against - acceptance of the contract in order to exnress their disapproval of the move to abolish the check-off. I enclose ....dollars, for which please send the Labor Statesman to^ the address below for..... months, commeneipg with the next issue. ' — . NAME ;.ZU-'U. U..,..U..Z.....:......i... : address : ) : : „ :.. ;. Please Write Plainly to Avoid MistaioB. ' Address: Labor Statesman, 816 Holden Bldg., Vancouver Fighting the Drug Combine * , One manufacturer says, all sales, whether direct or, through . jobber*, are made with express understanding1 tbat all products must be retailed at tbe fall price. We are opposed,to any "i—- grease in prices'. * -'' ' •' ■" ' .J FRIDAY AND SATURDAY SPECIALS .Ponder This—Paris has decreed that women wear theirv stockings the knee. 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