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Owned by the Vancouver, New Westminster and District Trades and Labor Council Official Organ of The Canadian Labor Party No. 71—EIGHT PAGES VANCOUVER, B.C., August 28th, 1925 FIVE CENTS PER COPY The Financiers, the Trade Unions and the Rest of Us What the Coal Mining Dispute in Great Britain Has Brought to Light—Two Big Opposing Forces Shaping for a Gigantic Struggle on the Industrial and Political Fields. if 1 \u Whoever comes well out of the mining settlement, the Governmen- ment certainly comes out very ill. It has mismanaged the situation from start to finish, and has lost prestige with its opponents and its supporters alike. We say this, not because we think .Mr. Baldwin was wrong in offering the mine-owners a subsidy, for in the circumstances tb ... was his only possible course. f^Jr. was he wrong in holding up the "fer of a subsidy till the eleventh aur, for to offer it sooner would ,.ve brought all the other industries lzzing aoout his ears, and might isily have wrecked the proposal and ■ought down the Government. Mr. p-ildwin's mistake lay, not in his tions of last week, but in that ''ilure to handle the situation sooner iich made last week's impasse un- voidable. It was surely easy to : .-le the deadlock approaching} and ato. recluse :the.i(fflpo8»ibility..-pof'-agsee-- t fnent between the miners and the ^ owners in the existing condition of jjthe industry. Mr. Baldwin ought to |haye understood this months ago, /and to have set on foot then the big I inquiry into the position of the mines jf to which he is now committed. Hav- * ing let his chance go, he could do ho pore last week than bow before the storm find devote many- -fti3tidf»i of the taxpayers' money to a settlement which gives no more' than a respite. It remains as true now as it was [before the settlement that, without some form of unification tiie mining "iroblem is simply insoluble. The buntry has to go back to the Sankey Sejort, and to go back under conations far more difficult than those bf 1919. That Mr. Baldwin failed p see this is presumably due to a ouble miscalculation. He did not, Je suppose, fully realize the effects jh our export trade of a return to te gold standard, which at once re- fricts pur markets Jby making our pods dearer to the foreign con- Jimer. And still less did he realize hat would be the mood of the Trade nions when they were asked to Implement the bankers' policy of a •eturn to gold, by consenting to an all-round reduction of wages. The solidarity shown last week by the entire Trade Union movement took Mr. Baldwin and his colleagues wholly by surprise. Confronted with that alarming manifestation, they took precipitately to their heels, greatly to the annoyance of those capitalist die-hards who are spoiling for a real light with Labor all along the line,' A Sensational Victory - The result is a sensational victory, not merely for the miners, but for the Trade Union movement as a whole. If last week's crisis had issued in a general strike it would, we believe, have brought the Government down, and resulted in a wholesale rearrangement of political forces. Trade Union power would have been too strong for the Government, partly because for once theUriions had completely sunk their internal differences in a common cause, but also, because, at the bar of public qpiniori,. they Jfer%rjnftst iastijpjsefiLJsi-. thfep-s^hfe^^TJi^^'iffaiH5 for a living wage as the. first charge upon their industry was humanly irrefutable, and it seemed the more so because the challenge to it -appeared as the fiat of a rival and far more dangerous dictatorship than that of the Trade Unions. It may he true that last week's settlement was a victory for Trade' Union dictatorship; but many of those who do not like dictatorship may reasonably prefer the tyranny of the Trade Unions to the tyranny of the Bank of England. In decreeing a return to the gold standard, Mr. Churchill, at the behest of the bankers, virtually decreed an all-round reduction in wages coupled witn, or in part alternative to, an increase in the number of the unemployed. The policy implied a restriction of credit, certain to check trade expansion. It meant that, for sale abroad, we must either reduce prices or sell less. .But the necessary fall in prices seemed to imply a fall in wages, which in turn could only be enforced by an increased pressure of unemployment. According to the bankers' calculation, which the Government accepted in returning' to the gold standard, readjustment was to be secured by increased unemployment leading to an all-round fall in Wages. This is the point clearly brought out by ,Mr. Keynes in his recent pamphlet.* Trade Union Resistance ' '"Tfiie inipsslng~iMir'iir'''tnW,cli!liinr:ffir cause and effect is the attitude of Labor. It may be true enough that, IF wages were reduced equally all round and IF no monopolists were able to hold up prices in the home market, internal prices would ultimately fall so as.to restore the present purchasing power of wages at a lower money figure. But these are very big "ifs," and the calculation quite ignores the fact that the Trade Unions are thoroughly discontented with wages as they are, and that they mean to get; the advantage of any fall in prices, and if no such fall occurs to take .action for raising wages at the first opportunity. It was therefore certain that the attempt to follow up the return to the gold standard -by reducing wages would be strongly resisted by the •Trade Unions; for even if Trade Unionists do not appreciate the subtleties of the currency question, they have a healthy dislike of the bankers and a very great power of self-defence when they feel their backs against the wall.' Therefore, in the case of the miners, the increased unemployment which duly followed the return to feold failed utterly to produce the due . acquiescence in the coalowners' terms. And, when the minerB put their .backs to the wall, the rest of the Trade Unions at once rallied to their side. Mr. Baldwin, with his knack for the uttering of untimely honesties, chose this occasion to say that wages must come down in all trades. His words ran like wildfire through the country; they removed the last vestige of doubt about the entire solidarity of the Trade Unions in face, of a threat which all could clearly understand. Baldwin Unwittingly Aid* Labor Thus, with a phrase Mr. Baldwin accomplished a most inconvenient miracle. He did what countless "Left Wing" agitators and movements have failed to do. He persuaded all the Trade Unions to pool their resources, and place themselves under a common direction in pursuit of a united policy. Solidarity was achieved; and British Trade Unionism entered on a new phase of which fiiSaSntelbslio'fif^ ' ' , . This does not mean -that Trade Unionism is now omnipotent, or that for the future the Trade Unions are the real Government of the country. Far from it. The Trade Unions won last week because behind their organized power was the fundamental justice of their case and the sympathy of most reasonable people, Their solidarity would quickly be dissipated by its improper use, and that is precisely the danger for them which lurks behind their victory. (Continued on Page 6) WHAT OUR READERS WANT TO KNOW If there is any use of the city council spending $1000 to tell the unemployed on the prairie not to come to Vancouver? It's a waste of money as long as freight trains are headed this way. ■* * * % '""■ ' Why Attorney-General Manson is looking for trouble by abolishing the Moving Picture Operators Examination Board and does he figure he can'get away with it? How can the New Westminster merchants expect the support of or- ganzied labor for the beer plebiscite so long as the New Westminster brewery produces non-union beer?' ■'. .„'■♦--* * ... If the Chinese boycott against British goods will' be increased because sixteen Chinese sailors were sentenced to six weeks in jail for refusing to work on the S.S. City of Victoria and if this isn't a vicious kind of. sentence? * * * * Why every little disorder that! takes place these days is credited to the Communists and if it doesn't look as if the powers that be were..(replly afraid of being able to bolster up the system? .... -'•.,.. ■ ,:■■.. 0 * ;»/■-»:■ ■ :>'■' ■:'••'■ - ■:" Whe»»>Three*»hwidre<r "yXfiShv? "Silk- stockings displayed for sale in a London store window and one million and a half unemployed drawing doles isn't enough to make a few more Bolsheviks? * * * * If Mr. Woodward intends to have seats behind the counters in the new store, in order that the girls might rest a minute now and agam? * * * * How the Rdyal Dairy expects to finance opposition to the campaign being made against them by the Dairy Employees union ahd if it is true that they are having another water pipe installed? -*-*■*■•■-.■ If the million and a quarter dollar addition to the Hudson .Bay Store won't be a good thing for the building trades? \. „ Britain and the Empire- Sentiment and Facts What the Loss of Markets Will Mean to Workers in Great Britain —Economic Evolution Calls for Urgent Action on the Part of Workers to Save Empire From Disintegration. Next week's edition will be a "Labor Day" edition, containing more pages anu special articles. C. L. P. Meeting The Greater Vancouver District Sf the C.L.P. will meet in the Holden Building, Monday evening, Aug. 81. There will be special business to attend to and all delegates are requested to attend. Opening Social and Dance for Season A first class union- orchestra, a number of high class entertainers and & good supply of refreshments will be some of the features at the opening Social and Dance of the Vancouver Centre Labor Group. The event will be held in the Belvedere Court on Saturday evening, August 29th. The social programme will start at 8:00 p. m. sharp and the dance at 9:00 p. m. Refreshments free. Admission, Ladies 25c.;'Gents; 60c. The hall is situated at' Main and Tenth and is cool and commodious. ytiiJaisdMagt&v^.^bycbii,'" but the , , following.are.1 on the . UNFAIR UST of the TRADES AND LABOR COUNCIL ".-Royal Dairy Crescent Ice Cream Avenue'Theatre . J ■'■'■■■: Dreamland Theatre Cedar Cottage Theatre Princess Theatre Progress Theatre Heights Theatre ;; , Esplanade Tea Rooms By J. T.,WALTON NEWBOLD, M.A. • in "Forward" The meeting in London this week of the Conference of Labor representatives from the dominions and dependencies is so sure to be the signal for a revival of the kind of nonsense which the Communist, overt and covert, avowed and otherwise, are ever ready to ladle out with or without proyocation concerning the British Empire that we may hope this may' mark, also, the serious beginnings of a course of StudyThrough- out our movement of the immense, if unwelcome,' heritage which we on entering' office or acquiring power must of necessity accept at the hands of history, Sentiment may tempt us to indulge our feelings in such self-satisfying phrases as "the stark economic robbery of subject peoples which is Sweeping generalizations of that sort ever did and, presumably, always will arouse a storm of emotional approval iri the ranks of our people. They sum up so succinctly that revulsion we all experience when thinking of the West African slave trade, the Canton opium smugglers, the South African war, the Indian Frontier wars;, and the rapacities of the Honorable East India Company, that we are all apt at times to indulge in them in lieu of more searching and constructive examination of the system with which these and other expressions of the adventurous and acquisitive spirit of our ancestors have burdened us. As a matter of fact the basis of all capitalism, let alone of all Imperialism, was, as readers of the first volume of "Capital" have been reminded, the- "so-called primitive accumulation." The robbery may have been, in some cases, stark and obvious or, in others, veiled and less easy to discern, but at home and abroad the results have been, whatever the methods, very much the same. "We All Like Sheep . . ." The disposition,, according to your point.. Of view, being that of the ordinary product of the State schools or the extraordinary output of the Labor College classes, to exaggerate the unique valor and virtue or cruelty, cunning and cupidity of tho Devon wrecker become sea-rover or the Highland cattle thief, turned empire-builder may be natural, but it is in either case equally false to historic fact. * The pirates of Penzance and Plymton, the wreckers of Fowey and the privateers of Poole and Southampton were, if a noisy and tumultuous pack of patriotic plunderers not much worse or much better than any other assortment of sea-beggars sailing out of the Zuyder Zee, Petty Bretagne, Portugal or Zanzibar. Opportunity, as has often been remarked, is something, and opportunity, combined with the cumulative influence of a Xongj^esodii^^f^f^ m-remm^rfMance, made the West "Country Englishman and tne Highland Scotsman the nearest approach., to the offspring of b locust and a wildcat .that the, mind of man can conceive. Otherwise! John Hawkins and Jardine Mathesons were neitlfBr more holy nor more heinous than to" merchant adventurers of Amsterdam, St. Nazaire, Genoa or Novgorod. '- Hencewe riiight; sqrely, if we "are "scientific" rather than sentimental Socialists, cut out the rhetoric and, without a carefully stressed sob in our voices, recognize that there is no special call for moral judgments but touch ami urgent need of constructive ' understanding. History's Heritage The immensely intricate economic system upon whose functioning,, however cumbrously and with whatever creaks and groans its aged mechanism make inevitable, our great population is dependent for its livelihood was brought into being, and continues to exist only upon the basis of world-wide control of markets that Imperialism has secured for us. The possibility that, this market may be lost at no distant date and the industry and .commerce of this country thereby wrecked fills our Communists ahd Left Wing friends with a sense of satisfaction which may, however, be a trifle less exalted when famine beats upon their own doors. That, if it comes quickly, as a result of the carelessness of all, the stubbornness of our masters or the deliberate aggravation of pur own toolish«f elk-,"*wiH'>-l>e"»' calamity with-" out parallel in recorded history must, sooner or later and beyond all avoidance, ultimately come to pass. Britain cannot indefinitely remain the metropolis of a great empire, exploiting in greater or less degree the entire earth. For too long for safety. to ourselves have our statesmen and our propertied classes allowed this country-wdwelopintb a huge factory and shipping warehouse off whose never-stopping machines and across whose loaded counters commodities have been sent in an unending stream to supply a restlessly canvassed market. Great Britain has become a gigantic manufactory, filled with the means of production and with workers Bkilled beyond the majority of the human kind in the making of commodities. That has been the one .aim and objective of unregulated private enterprise and restricted public policy during a century and a half of industrial expansion prodigious beyond airthe progress of past ages. Sea Power and Laissez Faire ■.".. % Because, after Trafalgar, the British fleet has kept Command of the sea, arid after the universal building of railways and of steamships, the British merchants have been able cheaply as well as safely to import foodstuffs from .the shore's of distant continents, the British people have been content to live off the harvests and the flocks and herds of the wide world., Nothing so short-sighted, nothing so blindly optimistic, nothing so eventually suicidal has probably ever been known as the economic and political expansion of Britain into the British Empire and the haphazard areas of British investment and spheres of British influence. Not only our gradgrind Liberal manufacturers and Conservative merchants, but also our Tory land-, lords, must share the responsibility of allowing British agriculture to go to rqck and ruin, secure in their rents : ;UsiSrf^.4ram-j!Jw^ from the estaticias .of the Argentine, the ranches of Texas, the sheepruns of Australia,! the grain belts of the Canadian Northwest, and the .paddy fields of Bengal and Burma.- . (Continued on Page 5) LABOR CANDIDATES CANADIAN LABOR PARTV Greater Vancouver Central CouncH Burrard ...............J. Sidaway Vancouver Centre W. W. Lefeaux South Vancouver ...Alfred Hurry I THE LABOR STATESMAN August 28th, 19?o Union Made Unequalled for Strength and Comfort Work Shoes Christie & Stump, Ltd. 51 W. CORDOVA ST. «...'-.■ Factory (nd Tannery, 278 Wwt Pint Stmt U U'li'llllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllillllllJllHIIIIIIIIIIIIHIIIIIIIIIIIillllllllllllilllllllllH I Morrow Ice Co* Limited S AND I The Alberta Goal and Wood Go. I -a- s Recommend that you Jay in your winter stock of coal NOW. You may save money by placing your order with us for future supply, under OUR SPECIAL TERMS. NOTE:—-We sell the very best Nanaimo-Wellington Coal, and guarantee_values that will equal if not surpass those offered anywhere in town. We employ only white help, and pay union wages. (SIGNED) WM. MORROW Correspondence LOCAL LABOR PAPER DISTORTS THE TRUTH Editor, Labor Statesman, Vancouver, B. C. Fellow worker:— The appended article appeared in the Canadian Labor Advocate several weeks ago. It is nothing but-a malicious libel on the I.W.W,, and we have for the past two weeks, endeavored to get them to state the facts and withdraw the charge. It is in the interests of the Lahor Movement that the truth, should be known; and as the Canadian Labor Advocate has'for the last two weeks refused to print.our rejoinder we are asking you to publish the same in order to show the public what kind of a "Labor" editor ihe Labor .Advocate has. Thanking you fop this favpr, I anl, Yours,. _ . A.,k McKEACHAN, Sec. I.W.W. The following js the article complained of ahd anneared in the Aug. 7th edition of the Canadian Labor Advocate:" «• ,' ' ,•', ' Distinctive and Different Individual Training by Expert's for a Limited Number of Students. For Appointment Telephone Seymour 5076 (Ask for Miss Margaret Jones) The Vancouver iemy "'•'MSffNGS" AND' RICHARDS VANCOUVER, B. C. Eatronoo 423 Richards Stiaot, Vancouver, B.C. MINERS CAN'T PRAY FOR STRIKEBREAKERS Henrietta, Okla. — Miners have been arrested for disobeying Sheriff Russell's order against outdoor prayer meetings of these strikers. Miners and their wives have gathered daily in the vicinity of the mines and invoked Divine help in persuading the -strikebreakers to abandon their 'course, p.. After a conference with Governor Trapp, county officials declared that the strikebreakers found it unpleasant" to have, the unionists pray for them, and the religious practice was ordered discontinued. When several miners refused to obey .they were arrested. One of. our prominent authors and clergymen was attending a dinner recently when the conversation was turned to charity, whereupon the distinguished guest remarked: "Speaking of charity reminds, me of the millionaire who .was dying. He had lived a life of which, as he now looked back on it, he fern none too proud. To the minister at his bedside he muttered weakly: "If I leave a -hundred 'thousand dollars or so to the church, will my salvation be assured?" "The minister answered cautiously 'I wouldn't like to be positive, but it's well worth trying.'" Correct.— "Pa," said Clarence, "what do they mean by the quick and the dead?" "The quick, my son, are. those who are able to dodge motor cars; the dead are those who are not quick," replied his dad.—Sam Hill, Enquirer. LUMBERMEN GIVE BRIBE ' That the I. W. W. received $2,460 from the Mountain Lumbermen's Association as a result of the logger's strike at Cranbrook, early last year, C*>-»-m.r«i<.l. QA1A OAOI Qrt^l g is the somewhat startling information deymOlir OVZVe Ol/ZJ., OXJZa SiUppearing^onpage 1731 of the annual IIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIHIIIIIIHIIIIIHIIIIIIllUllllillliilllllllllllllllllllllllHIIIIIIIIIIIIHIIIIIIIIIIlin' lX£ Federal Department of As a result of intolerable camp conditions and long hours, the loggers in the Cranbrook district came out on strike in January, 1924. The majority of the strikers, it wis claimed, were members of the I.W.W. and that body took.charge of all strike activities.'. Finding it impossible to get an adequate Supply of scabs into the camps owing to the activity of the strike pickets; the lumbermen' served a J>lanjcet.,iniun£" tion-on the-offKM'l'ffd members of the I.W.W., restraining them from picketing. Five days after the injunction was served it was decided to go back to work and "transfer the strike to the job." There the strike ended so far as the men were concerned. The camp owners took good care to see that no slowing down took place. However, while it may have been the end of the strike to those who were toiling in the camps, as well as to those who were blacklisted and chased from pillar to post, it was not the end of the strike to the I.W.W. They still had some irons in the lire. Some three months later, on June 24, the injunction came up for trial only to be settled out of. court by the Mountain Lumbermen's Association paying the I.W.W. the sum of $3",450. Seven companies were involved in the injunction proceedings so it cost them fn an average $350 each—a bargain price for a lumber company. . Why "palm grease" should be accepted by a union in order to let the boss down easily is a mystery the ordinary trade unionist ha3 only, one solution for, but it is no more of a mystery than who got the "kale." Certainly the men who were on strike and on the picket line didn't and local members of tho I.W.W. -profess to know nothing of it. The Vancouver local of the I.W.W entirely confines its activities on behalf of the working class to attempts to break up and discredit all other labor organizations. Apparently someone is' being well rewarded. When the strike took slace the local I.W.W.'s sent their ballyhoo agent, J. A. McDonald, to Cranbrook as charge d'affaires, in which capacity he served during ,the greater part of the strike. Ponder This—Scientists now claim that ten thousands years from now men will not wear pants. (Our latest report does not say anything about the ladies, but the chances are we won't have to wait so long in their case.) FRASER VALLEY MILK Is produced by over 3000 Co-qperotlv* Farmers ana prepared and distributed by Grades union employees HAVE OOB SAMSMAIT CAM OH YOV. ' 5 ONE FAIR. 1000 , HOUSE FURNISHINGS HONEST VAUUBS — OONSXSEBASB OBEDIV R. H. STEWART- CO. LTD. a*M MAxm «*. — num. a»a geouoj RED STAR DRUG STORE ot Yonr Order. COBNT3B COBDOVA AND OABBST.r. VANOOtrVBB, B, O. Following is the article that the CanadianSJLabor Advocate refused '.o publish. ,27 Hastings St. W. Vancouver, B. C. Aug. 24, 1825. J.M.Clark, Editor Labor Advocate, ,112&-H0We . St^a':-aaaa: "aiaaa-a-^aa^ariaraa;-: Vancouver, B. C? .- ■ "'TGTeditor of a labor newspaper, before he stoops to vill-ify or libel a labour organization, should be especially careful as to the facts, for BEST FOR THE UNION HOME, PICNIC OR SOCIAL RAMSAY'S CANDIES AND CAKES NONE BETTER. BUY IN BULK AND SAVE MO*IEY. MADE IN BRITISH COLUMBIA. it should go without saying that the capitalist press do enough in that line bf misrepresenting the principles and activities of the labour movement In the Canadian Labour Advocate of August 7th, a front page article of yours appeared under the caption "Lumbermen give bribe," and as the charge was specifically hurled against the I.W.W., it is for this organization to defend themselves against the charge, and put you where you belong. As the editor of the Labor Advocate extracted his own prejudiced View from the Government report referred to, it would be well for the working class to know exactly what it contained. We quote it here in full:—' • "Injunction against the I.W.W. withdrawn. On January lstj 1924, a member of the Cranbrook branch of the L.W.I.U. 120 of the I.W.W. was discharged by one of the lumber companies, the only reason for his dismissal, according to the statement of 4he Union being that he was a member of theLW.W. Efforts were made to have the dismissed employee reinstated* The request was refused and a strike Was called and the following demands were made on the company. 1. Eight-hour-day and blankets. * -2. Minimum wage of 44.00 per day. 3. Release of Class War Prisoners. 4. No discrimination against members of the I.W.W. •6. No censorship of literature by the Company. ■' ' r The workers in other camp* responded to the strike call and in some cases all the men ceased work. "After the strike had been on for about 3 weeks, the operators endeavored to secure men from Alberta and Saskatchewan; but the Union pickets were active during the strike and the lumber companies it was stated, found it difficult to operate. On the 26th, the operators served an injunction on the officers and all the members of the LW.W., to restrain the strikers from picketing and the1 seven companies involved asked for damages aggre- .At a mass Jneeeting held in Cranbrook on March 2nd, the strikers Vo ted "to take the strike back/ on the job." On June 24,vwhen the injunction came up for trial, the Mountain Lumbermen's Association, with which the companies Were affiliated, paid the I.W.W. the sum of $2450.00 to settle the case out of court." The above is .a complete government report, but let us see what the lying, distorting editor of the Labour Advocate has done. He manipulates a-government report into a charge of bribery against the I.W.W., and then proceeds to use the opportunity to pour, his personal venom against an organization which has been valiantly and uncompromisingly fighting the cause of the working class for the last 20 yefirs. The "I.W.W. fought this injunction and won a battle for their workers. ■ In addition the claim for damages was withdrawn against them, because the Lumbermen's Association found they had not a legal leg to stand on and were glad to settle the matter put of court by paying all the expenses of the I.W.W. lawyer. This they did because they did not want to face a certain defeat if the case went to trial. Let it be said for the information of the poorly informed editor of the Labour Advocate that the I.W.W. lawyer received the money in settlement and not a cent was made out of this case by the I.W.W. Let it be said also, that the facts were published in the I.W.W. press and also in the General Office Bulletin which is circulated among the members of the LW.W. There was so much publicity given to this matter that no member of the organization' should have been uninformed as io where the money went. If the editor of the Labour ..Advocate is so- crassly ignorant of Labor activities and if the editor of the Labor Advocate makes up for his lack of understanding, by pouring abuse on those, labour organizations that do not agree with his.despicable methods, then we say he is not a fit per spn to represent labour, ' a Knowing your history as we- do, ods. We have enough to do to spread the idea of Industrial Unionism, so that thp working class) will realize the necessity of One Big Union for all workers. -..,.-- "'': :; —~— Sufficient is it to say, Mr. Clar-k,; that the article in question constitutes a gross libel on the I.W.W, and we ask you to forthwith make the proper retraction. We regret to have to do this to protect ourselves from the lying, vil- lifyihg, unscrupulous tactics • of a member of our own class, who not Vancouver Heights THE ESTHER BAKERY FOR HEALTH STRENGTH , AND BEAUTf Eat Our Brown Bread* Also Oar White, Raisin and Nut Breii Try our Whole Wheat Rolls, 20c a dozen. * 372* Hastings E. Phone: High. 130* RA.HHJL GROCERIES, FRUITS, CURED* MEATS, FLOUR AND FEED ,171* Hastings St & Phone Hlgfc. lit. Hirst's Electric HOUSES WISED PBOJC t Lamps Radio 4003 HASTINGS B, $12.00 UP Old or New. , 4 Electrical Suppllss . '■£ '■" OBBB. mi,* W. DICKINSON MEAT MARKE& 3724 Hasting* Street East \ My Motto: ONE QUALITY ONLY—THE BE!; <mly lacks understanding of the <| ' sentials of working,.„fiJte,,unityr-li who."hBrtsarrlll conception of -'im play, on account of having a perpe% ual axe to grind of his own. Yours for the truth, A. M. McKEACHAN. WANTS MORE GALICIANS , Sir,—The Canadian government is 4 spending a million or so directly to f encourage immigration and morel millions in subsidies to ocean lines; to carry immigrants here. About 75 • per cent of immigrants last year were given assisted passages—we do not know at what expense to th< I government. , iJt But what is the government d> ■•'■' to help Canadians, who have t. ■■*' to the United States to make n. for tbe immigrants? Sir Clifford Sifton, who went in . politics and came out a millionai: mrs said this country needed sheep-sk $ peasants from Galicia, more wthii people of British blood, and let tl™ French Canadian go to New England Those sheekskin blokes would n< ask embarrassing questions.' N. Y, Humphrey's Orchestra will supj the dance music at the Belvede Court on Saturday evening. Phone your friends about the Social and Dance at the Belvedere Court on Saturday evening. Regular prices 25c and 50c. Refreshments free. Main St. South of 18th .4 * t -h II J. C C0LV1N Heating OasfittJaf Estimates Cheerfully Given. 4171 Main Street Phones: Fair. 3*71 Rea, Fair. ZJ7JH 30 Years" Experience ROBINSON'S Cycle and Repair Store laiist in Bicycle frame repairs, .ays cut, Saw sharpened, Baby Buggy Tires repaired. Agent for "Red Bird" Bicycles. LAWN MOWEB&^SHARPENED "■-■ KIRK HAM'S GROCERTERIA No. 22 Our goods are- always fresh. Ov I prices the lowest. Give us a trial , and be convinced. 3320 Main St. Phone Fair. 3300 August 28th, 1925 V THE LABOR STATESMAN Trades Union Directory Vanoonver Trades and labor OatusoO— President R w w-«—*-, kli^A.; Bengough. Ig., 1« Hastings AS. Meets In EiiBt. Phone Sey. 7406. Meets In labor Ball at S p.m. on the flrat and third Tuesdays In month. Automobile Xodffo 703, L i. of K. — Meets every rjecond and fourth Tues- < day In Room 310 Holden Bids., Pres., W, W. Hag-ue, 3489 41st Ave. W.; sea, W. R. Hobday. 1728 2nd Ave. B. Beverag'e Dispensers T/aion Mo. 676— meets flrst Sunday In month at 2:00 . p. m.. at 441 Seymour St. President, W. H. Clancy. 1117 E. 10th Ave. Sec- - retary and Business Agent, T. J. Han- ofln, 2376 W. 6th Ave. Office: 'ill Seymour St . Phonesi Sey. 136 and Bay, 1656-B. lathers. Wood, Wire and Metal, International Union, Local 007 — Meeta 1st and 3rd Fridays ln month, at room 299 Holden Bldg. President, V. R. Midgeley, 3761 Keefer St. E.; secretary, J. a. Finlayson. 2636 12th Ave. W., Phone Bay. 4942R. Kaohlnlst Local 183—President B. B. McLean. 461 6th Are. W. Secretary. S. A. Boardman, 1161 Barker St. Meets second aiid fourth Friday at t p.m. ln Room fit Labor Hall, 1* Hastings Bast Tlk CHINESE TROUBLE , Boilermakers and Helpers, Hocal 194 — Meets first and third Mondays ln the month at Holden Building. President, , L. C. Campbell; Seeretary, A. Fraser, 6079 Ross St Phone, Fraser 601T. Building- Trades Council, Vanoonver— ! Meets 'second and fourth Tuesday In Holden Building, President J. Flynn. Secretary-treasurer. W. Witt' Bakers' local 408, Journeymen, of in- . erica—Meets flrst and third Saturdays at 7 p.m. ' President. H. Hall; sec, T. Rigby, '37- Broadway West, Phone Fair. 6882R. — MeeU ..th. Holden President, A. .... , .... mtam street; financial secretary. ' H. A. Bowron, 761, 13th Ave. B„ Phone Fair. I07X. staehlnlst Xiocal 6S3—President Thos. Bills, 1362 Burrard St Secretary. P. R. Bengough. Office, 107 Labor Ball, 18 Hastings Bast Meets on i and fourth Tuesdays in month. Meat Cutters sad Batcher -Workmen, Amalgamated—Meets flrst and third Tuesday in Holden Bldg. President, W. B. Walter, 762 Hamilton St; Sec W- L- McGregor, 1751 38th Ave, B. Mental Hospital Attendants' Federal Onion No. 36—Meets at Essondale 1st Thursday in month. President, J. A Gibson, 312 4th St, New Westminster rec. sec., Will Mackie, Provincial Men til Hospital, Essondale. Mill and Factory Workers' Union, Meal If * Brio Wi l Bailbers', Journeyman International Vn- ..: r J3t Amerloa—Local 110, Vancouver, .,(■ v -., meeta second and fourth Tues- ., days in each month In Room 110 t4C Labor Hall, 16 Hastings Bast Prasl- oil jlent, Fred Dawe; fin. secretary, A. >.„ 'R. Jennl, 726 Hastings Street West; r rec. sea, Bert Doprey. > ha p . ■ bt Bookbinders looal Ho. 108, Int. Broth.iv .... hood—Meets second Tuesday ln month =* 194 Holden Bldg. President, T. Mils*, b 616 Drake St; secretary, A. H. Hos- fe tins. 118 Bind Ave. W. . Z. Boot and Shoe Workers TTnion, Ho. SOS— i. Meets ln the Holden Building on the w- flrst Wednesday of each month. Presl- 3,1 dent, J. Turner, 1919 64th Ave. E.; fln- 'a I sea, J. Griffiths, 3632 McGIH St se - ' i i BrloklayersV Masons' and Wle Bettef . Int. Union Mo. 1—He»ar second and fourth Wednesday ln the Holden Bldg. President G. B. Halliday; Seeretary, W. S. Dftgnall. 1244 20th Ave. * Phone Fair. 845 R. ^ Carpenters and Joiners, Amalgamated Society 'of,—Vancouver 1st Branch meets 2nd and 4th Tuesdays of weh month. President, W. Taylor; See. F. Pressor; business agent, J. McKlnley. Headquarters, room 86, 163 Hastings St W. ■Itfc Wagon Drivers and Dairy Bmploy- •sa, local 404—Meets second and fourth Friday in Labor Hall, If Hastings St B. Business agent, Birt Showier. 1116 Robson St ■ Whenever international trouble occurs there is always a tendency to seek the causes of it in the events which immediately precede the outbreak. The most absurd instance of this was the official issue of diplomatic correspondence jeztending over a period of about three weeks which was published by way of informing the country of "tbe causes" of the great war. Serious trouble never arises as a consequence of isolated events; and if causes are sought so near at hand the probability of. finding a cure becomes very remote. - It is the old story of mixing up the cause of trouble with the occasion of trouble—a . dodge often resorted to by Governments who hope to find in some incident or other justification for drastic action. In considering the question of China, therefore, it is not strikes, riots, or even civil war which we must take as our starting point. . We must go further back into history. We need not explore the remote past when! China had a highly developed culture, art and civilisation, while we in Western Europe had not yet emerged from barbarism. Not till tho i.!nrf»»»«. —a-.—- j; * By ABTHUR JPONSONBY, M.P. In-"The Labor Magazine" Ho. l(i»—'Affiliated wlth~~YinTted Brotherhood of Carpenters & Joiners. Meets flrst and third Thursdays io Room 313 Holden Bldg. President, Allan Graham; Fin. Sec, H. Brewer; Rec. Sea, B. Holden. 1710'5th Avo. W, _„,„. SM%na uaroansm. JMOt Vancouver, Phone Bay. 1122-R. I ft, the nineteenth century did^any Holders Wnlon Sees! 281—XntenurtionsJ of Worth America—meets first and third Fridays in month ln room lit Holden Bldg., at 8 p.m. President, Sam Wilson, 1728 Tew St Corresponding representative, J. Pinkerton, 2159 Victoria Drive. Motion Pictures Projectionist's Union, local 818 of X.A.MJS. a. •»- — «- .,.... ~... huichxuui vauiuury am any serious contact between the West and the Far East begin. Our first ambassador to China has left s record, which reads very much like a fairy tale. George Earl of Macartney visited China in 1792 and his elaborate descriptions of his reception by die,Emperor must have appeared to his contemporaries as if he had paid a visit tp another planet. For many centuries China with her huge population had existed undis- Local 'JoT'UiA™aiIMB?K»2SL:i~''6" f"*"""«™ aaa existea undis- Meeta p>t ooi t-i"^. • jStsSn"! turbed by ideas of material progress, p.m. Pres-1 Dlacidlv itmnrintr tti. -mn-i.] -..■'- Meets ITui fiwsSrst m'5»"8to: t»rb.ed by ideas of material process, day in each month at 7:30 p.n». Pres- placidly ignoring the world outside. Ident, J. R. Foster, 1161 Granville St; The-intrusion of the West with its luafne^'PholS: seVfYm. B°X " ' adventurous and enterprising meth- ■ pppp- ' ods was n'»t welcome; it was resent- .ii Mnslelans Mntual Prot.oHve Union 1 oal 148, A. I. at MV—Meets at the, G. W. V. A. Auditorium, second.,Suni3ay -.-St■W-a'rirti president, Ernest C_MHler, .. ....... x-i-itaiuenc, Ernest C Miller, — Nelson. Street; secretary, Edward Jamleson, 911 Nelson Street; financial seoretary; W. B. Williams, 991 Kelson Street; organizer, *■ "** ' '" Nelson Street iir^zi "* «aiaa J*. Fletcher,' til Carpenter* and Joiners, United Brotherhood of, Xooal 463—President, R. W. Hatley; recording secretary, W. Page; ,, business agont Wm. Dunn. Of floe. Room 808 Labor Hall, 16 Hastings . > East. Meets second and fourth Mon- p iodayg, 8 p.m. ' r '-:y HaI1 Employees' Association meets , * J first Wednesday of each month at 146 i' Hastings St. W., at 8 p.m. President ' ,ii W. H. Lewthwaite; business agent and . , treasurer, W. J. Seribbins, 3208 Pen- ',.. der St., B.; Secretary, H. A. Black, 61.' 2870 Tale St ^pj ' . q. Civic Employees' Uitlon," local 38 — ,, Meets flrst and third Fridays In the ft month at 145 Hastings W., at 8 p.m. s< rPresldent, R. K. Brown, *52'r Charles g St.; seoretarv--tr«»o«.— ^ S Painters. Decorators and Paperhangers local 138—Meets second 'and fourth Thursdays at 319 Pender St. W. Business agent, Robt S. Stevenson. Office, room 204 319 Pender St, W. Phone Sey. 3609. Pile Drivers, Bridge, Wharf and Bock Builders local Ho. 3404—Meets every Friday night at 8 p.m. la 113 Hastings St W. James Thomson, secretary, P. . O. Box 320. Plasterers, local 89—International Association of Operative, meets first Wednesday. In month at Holden Bldg. President, W. Strickland, 289—46th Ave. B. Secretary, M. Galway, 1161' 59th Ave. E. Phone Fras. 604-R2. , ... *v. oiuwn, HbS'r Charlef St.; secretary-treasurer, George Harrison, 1182 Parker St. V w omlnion Bspress Employees, Local Ho. Tj, IB, Brotherhood of—Meets first Friday i and flrst Tuesday alternating each ... '■ " month in Room 810 Holden Building, l President. G. M. Payton, 4136 Sophia St.; Sec.-Treas. H. C. Haines, 1919 Klngswgy. ^ .-.. Bleotrloal Work.rs, looal 818, Xntsma- thmal Brotherhood—Meets every Monday at 8 p.m. (h Room No, 5. Ill Pender Street West President D. W. MoDougal, 110 Hastings Strest Bast; business agent B. H. Morrison. Office, 119 Pender Street West Bnglns.rs—Int.rastional Union Massa and Ops rating tocal 844—Meets every Thursday at 8 p.m., Room 809 Holdep Bldg. President R- Finley; business agent and financial seoretary, F. 8. Hunt; recording secretary, Herbert McSavaney. Plasterer's laborers' No. 603 international. Meets third Friday in month at Holden Building. President, F. Phillips, 1674, 2nd Ave. W.; Rec. Sea, F. Tait, 389 47th Ave. E., phone Fraser 696L. Plumbers and Steauiflttors, Ho. 170, International Asso. of—Meets every 2nd and 4th Friday ln the Holden Bldg. President, Bert Stlnchcombe. 1899 'Ogden Ave.; secretary and business agent, W. Watt, 805 Holden Bldg. Printing Pressmen and Assistants, .local HO. 69—Meets every second Tuesday ln the month at 8 p.m. in Room 21? Labor Hall, 16 Hastings St E. Presl NnrJi, %"y F' LonSley. 303 8th St.. worth Van.; secretary, Frank |E Humphrey, P, torla Dr. Box 894, 4038 Vic- —..... »oi—.-.loom first and thirl Wednesday at 8 p.m. In room 806 Holden 'Bldg, President Charles Prloe; rec. secretary, J, T. Venn; financial secretary, Frank L. Hunt. Office, 166 Holden Bldg. . ■ . Piro Fighters, Mo. 18, International ' Association of—Meets every month at call of president. President, J. Anderson, No. 2. Biro Hall; financial .secretary, C A. Watson, No. 1 Fire Hall. Ballway Carmen of Imsrloa. lodge Ho. 88—MeeU first and third Friday In month at Cotillon Hal], Granville and Davie Streets. President A. S. Ross, 6878 Pr. Edward St.; secretary, J. D. Vullamy. 3216 15th Ave. W. Street and Bl.otrio Hallway Employ..., Pioneer Division No. 101—Meets 6. P. Hall, Blg-bth and Klngsway, 1st and 3rd Mondays at 10:15 a.m. and 7 p.m. Prealdent F. A. Hoover. 1409 Clarke Drive; rec. secretary, F. E. Griffin, 447 6th Ave. East; treasurer, H. W. Speed; financial secretary and business agent Angus Maclnnes, 1544 Pr. Edward St Office; corner Prior MAIn pup-...,- »*-— — ■ Main streets. ——. «,,... ruur and Phone Fairmont 2150L, Sheet Metal Work.rs, Amalgamated, local Union No. 380—Meets second and fourth Thursday In month ln Holden Bldg.. 16 Hastings St E. President. N. C. Smith, 4426 Inman Ave.; fin. sec, E. J. Wardrop, 425 18th Ave. E.; cor. sea, A. P. Asbton, -.4503 Spruce Street Burnaby. V Ploorlayors' Union, No. 1876, U.B. of <■; - C. -*~pJ,. of ...A«^_iaso*«^»t«wi6l-.lrd Thursdays In 310 Holden Bldg., at I p.m. President. John Soderman; Fin. . Sea A. Reld; Rec. Sea W. Johnston, 1666 16th Ave. W. , Hotel and B.stanraait Batsl.yees Tfalw, looal 38—4'41 Seymour Street. M.etn first and third Wednesday at 1 p.m. ■eoOhd aad fourth Wednesdays at I p.m. President G. Coleman; business agent Harry Wood. Phoae* Seymour 125. Shingle. Weavers, local 17818—Meats second Tuesday In month, In Room I sterT and TthTuesday in Room 213, Holden Bldg., Vancouver. Rresldeni, ~N. Chute; sea, h. E. Goe, ,1240 Boundary.Rd.,..phone, High. 129SR. *i»£0*ws, looal 8T, mt. Asso. of J?« *?' H^om m HoldenTBlSg., IfJ T«m„«PSsld<,nH,p- Lauret; SeSetiw Tailors', Joaraemsum Valea of tisrlss, local Ho. 178—Meetings held first Thursday In each month. 8 p.m. Elective meets third'Thursday of every month In Labor HalL President, A. K Gatenhvr h»™~«.— ^ ^>-~ .—.. ..... nui-uuic, it was resented. For thousands of- years China hj&,.l!tolsps«&pjs*»30»»wledge of- Europe ean development and the first visitors were not regarded with any favor. So that we find as late as 1840 the doctrine was still held by the Chinese that no political relations could be held with any foreign power. '. How We Got There So far as Great Britain was concerned, this relationship was inconvenient, because we had begun to penetrate into Asia, as also had France, and the traffic in opium was becoming a commercial problem. Western civilization, under the influence of the vast changes which took place in the nineteenth century as the result of scientific invention and discovery, was making''Strides on economic aiid materialist lines. The almost mythical continent came to be regarded as a rich field for exploitation. Lord Palmerston met the refusal' of the Chinese Government to recognize any British Commission or to come to terms on the opium question by sending, an expedition and waging a war against the Chinese, which lasted two years. By the treaty of Nanking in 1842 Hong Kong was ceded to the British Crown and five ports were declared open to foreign trade. Of course, there Was a large indemnity also to be paid. Still the Chinese placed every possible difficulty in the way of trade, and refused to allow diplomatic representatives to reside in' Peking. They did not like the European, and they did not want him. But thei unwelcome guest was going to force { himself upon them. Plenty of "incidents" were at hand to enable Great Britain and France to take action, and another war was carried on between 1857 and 1860 at a time when the Taipings of Turbanoryin had by a successful rebellion overthrown the Manchu dynasty. By the treaty which concluded this war Europeans were allowed to travel in the interior, freedom was granted for the preaching of Christianity, the import of opium was legalized, ahd gradually -legations from? the Western powers were established in Peking. By the assistance,of General Gordon the Taipings were over- .j_ — j \ «'i«"|js were over- ;r^re*Sfii^|^!nfe^^^T^5fflM •wi jnati. .Kresiaent A. Seoretary, C McDonald, -.M, ».»* avi. Executive —-— -•-*-* Thursday of every month Teamsters, BhnnSetui, BtaVlaman anfi Helpers, Jiocel 406—Meets every 2nd ahd 4th Wednesday, 310 Holden Bldg. President, F. Grantham, 1030 Robson St.; secretary-treasurer, A. p. Black. 619 Hamilton St; recording secretary, R. Reynolds, 1790 Ird Ave. B. ,.v~. «mii-u|pw naa now gt . permanent foothold in China., In 1884 France pressed forward on" her oids the policy of imperialist expan sion in Asia, waged war, and by the treaty of Tientsin, in 1885, made China recognize the French protectorate in Tonkin and Annam, and obtained an opening for French traders in the southern provinces of China. Japan Jumps In ' Meanwhile Japan, who, unlike China, had adapted itself to Western ideas, accepted the new standard of civilization based on armaments. Regarding with the deepest suspicion the armaments of the West in China, Japan, determined not to be outwitted, adopted an agressive line of tactics. The misgovernment of Korea was a good enough pretext, and in 1894 Japan issued an ultimatum. By land and sea the Japanese, who had been trained by European officers, were easily victorious. By the .Treaty of Shimonoseki, China ceded to Japan the Liao Tung.Peninsula, the island of Formosa, and the Pescadores islands. But Bussia, France and Germany intervened and ordered Japan to surrender the Liao Tung Peninsula on the ground that Port Arthur threatened the independence of Peking. This cynical attitude and the insincerity of the Western Powers was revealed, however, in 1897 when China was compelled to lease Kiao Chow to Germany, Port Arthur to Russia and Wei Hai Wei to Great Britain while France obtained' a concession near Tonkin. The indignation in China which resulted from these arrangements may be imagined. Two years later the anti-foreign feeling found expression in .the Boxer rebellion, the Western Powers and Japan intervened and the Chinese Imperial troops, who had joined with the Boxers, yielded when Peking was occupied.^ As a consequence of this action permanent guards-were established for the" legations r,$.,4b,e>,JXJjetat.JPowers, apd-* large indemnity fixed. Japan in the war with Russia in 1904 succeeded in recovering the Liao Tung Peninsula. The Western Powers in establishing themselves during these years, and in consequence of the repeated conflicts in China gradually secured privileges for a number of. ports known as the Treaty p.qrts, and extra territorial, rights were obtained in them and in Peking for the European communities who had jurisdiction within the areas and the right of policing them. With improved commercial relations the industrial system was forced on China without any of the safeguards which regulate it in Europe, and the condition of the workers became a scandal. Helping Them to Fight As a consequence of the European war unrest spread in China; a republic was established, and after the war was over the European Powers delivered their surplus stock of armaments and munitions • over to the warring factions, so that the" unfor-1 tunate and naturally peace-loving I Chinese were split and torn, in the strife of rival war lords equipped with modern devices of destruction. Germany on her defeat ceased to be a treaty power, and was made to give up Kiao Chow while Russia after the revolution ceded all special rights of extra territoriality, made an agreement with China, and appointed an ambassador, the only ambassador in Peking, the representatives of dill the other powers being ministers.'. As a consequence of all these interventions and concessions, a few facts with regard to Shanghai may I be quoted as showing the extent J which foreign domination has reached, lit the international settlement there are 26,867 foreigners; outside the settlement there are about a million Chinese; in the settlement and concession 930,068. Chinese rate-, payers in the settlement have no votes. The Municipal Council, representing. 3 per cent of'the population, rules over 97 per cent of the population who are Chinese. The police force consist* <>f Si ths anu~CH8i«se with British'.officers, and . there is also a Volunteer Corps under British command William Braidwood, D.C., PLC. Isabella J. Braidwood, D.C.Ph.C. Licensed by Stale Beard, Waib. Chiropractors, Nerve Specialists Evening Appointments, Highland 1S43-1 gey. I03S 718-T Standard B«. Bid*. Ken. 81£8 Prom 8 p.m.. *r Appointment lady Attendant *-»ay Service Sey. 1888 W. 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Sleets hut, Sunday ot .each month at 1 p.m.. In, Holden Building:, 16 Hastlnsrs St E. Sordid Afressioa -This very .brief survey of the relations, between 'Europe and the Far East during; the last 80 years, is sufficient to show the sordid, unashamed agression on the part of the great powers, and their arrogant assumption that a people who have and whose civilization and tempera- riot readily assimilated war mentality, ment are very different from ours, must be inferior, and can be persistently bullied ana exploited. A study of these 80 years will show anyone that the small incidents of recent (Continued on,P^ge 4) '■ DEAFNESS NOISES IN THE HEAD AND NASAL CATARRH CAN BE CURED Ths New Continental Bemtdr called "LARMALENE" (Regd.) la a flaple harsilesa home-treatment which absolutely cures deafneo, noliaa In tbe head, ate. No expeniire appliances needed, for tola new Ointment Instantly operates upon the affected parts with complete and permanent aucceti, Scorei ef wonderful csra reportes. RELIABLE TESTIMONY Mrs. E. Crowe of Whltchorse Boad, Croydon, writes:—"I am pleaaed to tell you that the email tin of ointment you sent ma at Ventnor haa proved a complete tuceex, my bearing la now quite normal, and tbe horrible head noliea bare ceased. The action of tills new remedy mint Be tary remarkable, for I hare been troubled with these complaints for newly ten yeanrmtlliaw.l*ta»sie of tn*.., tary beat medical adrlee. together with other Orpenslre ear instruments, all to no purpose. uu ii I nfxd hardly, say bow rcry grateful I sa, ..»^;-t.te.lffi.lifi^'iw.ai^«S!«-sttJaur«.aa»j^Ap» Try one dot to-day, whitb can be forwarded to any address on recolnt of money order for J1.00. -, Writ* NOW to:— -' lilt Manager, "LJ1RMAI.BNB" Co.. Deel. Kent, England. There is nothing better at any price. ' The Amalgamated Civil Servants will hold a picnic at Bowen Island on - Labor Day. Sports and prizes, etc. THE LABOR STATESMAN August 28th, 1925 The Labor Statesman Published every Fjlday, at 111 Holden Bldg., Vancouver, B. G Owneii by the Vancouver, New Westminster and District Trades and Labor Council. Press Committee: J. Sidaway, St Ball- waymen; J|r. J. Seribbins, C3vio 8m- ployees; W. Dunn, Carpenters; Harry Woods, Hotel & Restaurant Employees; P. B. Bengough, Machinists; J. Thompson, Pile Drivers and Wooden Bridce- tnen. . * . tt W. W.M., Man. Kmtor. ' •subscription Rates;—Canada |He net »af, 91.00 for six months. United JUtes and forefrn. J8.00 per year. To anions subscribing In a Body, lla 11.00 per yet Jlng In a body, 1 per member per month. Vancouver, B.C., Aug. 28th, 1925 for our own use, for our own, ease. .Then, like our masters now, we may, if we so desire, work hard and not find it work. Find ease in endeavor and pastime in achievement. With the millions of unemployed, now existent in every country, given access to a socialized industry, to produce commodities for use instead of for profit, there would be a big reduction in the hours of necessary labor for each adult. That would take "toil" out of industry; it would give an abundance of- leisure to the' workers; it would add to the wealth of every human being and would provide an unlimited amount of pleasure for the human family in a world-wirle Co-operative Commonwealth.—W. - WORK AND WORK A news item in Wednesday's Province informs us that "Dr; J. A. Wiborn of New York and California, is leaving today for Oregon streams after several months spent fishing in British Columbia." It says further that he "follows tiie circuit of fishing seasons around the continent, spending some time eacn year off the coast ' of California," and goes on to describe the many other sections of the country to which he travels during the entire year. Here, then, is a man who is praised because of his pleasure. The work of many others has made it possible, or is making it possible, for him to take his continuous pleasure trips. These "others" are condemned by the same press if they strive for a shorter work day or a little more recreation. They are abused by the press becduse they sometimes revolt against" the everlasting toil; toil for the benefit of those whose energies are mostly expended in pleasure trinaaaf|:o.nj;>co^' tinent to continent- and summer resort to summer resort. It is usual for the press to glorify ' work as the chief aim of life? So they preach to us, and we, of the tribe of the ass, we preach it to one another and even go the length of practicing it ourselves. But do they spurn ease and pleasure and make work the chief aim of their lives? We trow not. They do work? So they say. Some of them kill themselves "working." But it,is not work. People "work hard" climbing mountains and kill or cripple themselves at it. Is it work? People brave privations, hardships, disease and death journeying into the strange places of the earth. Is it work? What do men not do, that is arduous and toilsome, for pleasure, . forpastime. The difference between their work * and our work is that theirs are the achievements of free men, ours the base toil of hirelings, slaves. Slaves who sell from day to day our very lives for a slaves portion, a bare subsistence. Who glorify work and . renounce ease and pleasure that we may provide the means of ease, pleasure and. pastime for our masters. Let us heed no more this. mock-. Spartan gospel of heroic abstinence. Ease is the second law of life. First live. Then live easily. And all that lives gives heed to that law except the foolish wage-mule. Believe not the sleek moralists who speak of noble striving. Hitch your wagon to no star. Pick out a nice easy slope and let it run gently down hill. That's the secret of success, the key to happiness and the motive force behind progress. What' was it but the desire of living more easily that caused the primeval protoplasmis slime to globulate into single-celled protozoae; these .again to unite in colonial infusoriae; 'the many individual persons of these again to exchange their independent existences for specialized functions, '-together making one complete jini- mal?..,Fpr whafciHtifce attainment ■pSIs 'greater ease in living did -these '■ ,*I*!" sdopi^fim^Xoxxaa^AiApUng- '^TwernseTyes to npw tohditions, changing and multiplying and filling the waters, the earth and the air ,with all the myriad, forms from microbe . to man? For what else but ease did a man fashion new tools, find new food sources, adopt new ways? For what ( else did he' domesticate the beasts and at length his fellow man? For naught else but his own ease. And so .for our own ease we must be free. We must wrest from our masters the power to enslave us. We must make the means of life OURS, ALL FOR DEMOCRACY France seems to have bitten off more than she can chew in her attempted subjection of the 'Moorish Tribesmen in Morocco. Even with the help of Spain she has been unable to handle the Riffians and the Druses in the businesslike manner that these small people's, according to all the rules of the game, should be handled. Discontent is rife in France over the debacle, so she now seeks assistance among Germany's unemployed army, possibly not daring to send too many of her own conscripts to the slaughter. Britain, faced with a rather unhealthy situation in India, hesitates to take action against the Chinese, because of the opposition from labor But her militarists and her financial interests may yet force her to buckle on the sword and go forth in the name of "Democracy" to gain another and a better foothold in China. All these things are done today in the name of Democracy. We are given all kinds of reasons why tiie people we attack-should be attacked. We are sometimes told that their morals (?) may endanger tbe morals of our Christian race. Or perhaps some alleged missionary with a bible and some "Johnny Walker" or some opium' or canned salmon is objected to by the natives who proceed to deport him or put him hors de combat. Anyhow, some alleged act or crime is placed at the door of the natives and .«■»-troop's, are mobilized and away the boys go to the slaughter. After the slaughter, trading stations are set up, governments are organized and a christianizing and democratizing process starts. The natives are harnessed io the machinery of production "or are taught to use civilized products and thereafter become subjects of a great and glorious empire. It takes generations • of training and a high state of education to make "Democracy" possible. The illiterate, backward races are altogether too insufficiently gullible. To rule them nothing but force in its nakedness will serve. To rule democratically it is necessary not only that the fine art of lying be brought to perfection among the rulers, but that a talent for believing be cultivated to the highest pitch among the ruled. That being, done and the, ruled persuaded that they are the rulers, force needs go naked no longer. Nevertheless behind this democracy which has been inflicted upon u* lies the same force as in Italy. That rules, even where Democracy reigns. And but one thing can break that rule — greater force. Whatever may be its outer' manifestation, the ballot or the armed insurrection, the force must be there to overawe or crush the opposing force. Performance and Promise "AH the workers bf this country have got to take reductions in wages to help to put industry on its feet." —Prime Minister1 Baldwin. "In order to compete .with'the world either the conditions of labor, hours or wages would have to be altered in1 this country."—Sir Wm. Joynson Hicks, Home Secretary. BUT They gave ten million pounds relief to the super-tax payers. They gave thirty-two million pounds relief of taxation to the income-tax payers. They are spending eight million pounds extra on cruisers, i They have decided to spend up to eleven million pounds on a new naval base at Singapore. _'■ They are going to raise the salary of the secretary for Scotland from £2,000 to £5;000. They restored the gold standard for the benefit of the financiers, thus raising "the value of sterling by 10 per cent." And transferring £1000 millions into the .pockets* of the rentiers out of the pockets of the rest of us" and increasing "the real burden of the national debt by some £750 millions." —(See "The Economic consequences of Mr. Churchill," by J. M. Keynes: Page 11.) Superior Dentistry-Cut-Rate Prices 193 HASTINGS ST. E., COR. MAIN (Opp. Library) BEST DENTISTRY MONEY CAN BUY, THAT SAVES YOU— States—89.00 and- up. Sold Crowns—S4.BO and up. Extractions—BO cents and np. Brldg-eworlc—S4.60 and op. Nerve Senoved—f l.OO. . Cement rillinge—50 cents. Porcelain Crowns—94.50 and up. Silver pillions—SO cents and np. Bopair Plates—11.00 and np. Enamel riUlnaTS—fl.00 and np. 15 TOBAMB aVA3U.MTBB.XM Wimm , PHONE SEYMOUR 1020 OPEN TILL 9 P.M. DR. W. E. WESSELS, B.A., 0.0. S. UNION STEAMSHIPS ENJOY A GLORIOUS DAY'S OUTING BOWEN ISLAND ONE HOUR'S SAIL ON THE POPULAR S.S. "LADY ALEXANPBR" PROM UNION DOCK Every Week-day, 8 sua. . Saturdays—B a.m., 3 p.m., 7(30 P-m. Sundays—10 a.m. and a p.m. FARE, $1.25 RETURN SPECIAL, $1.00 RETURN (Sat.-Mon. a.m.) Phone Sey. 306 for Farther Information •:';'-•' HAROLD BRQWN, General Manager. ' WANTS PROTECTION Editor, Labor Statesman. Sir:—Is the time not opportune for the Labor Party of Canada to adopt a definite policy, apart from abstract theories of internationalism on the one hand, or limited to trade union activities on the other hand? Efforts of the Labor Party to improve working conditions are of little avail when the job .is wiped out by imported goods, and most of us will have passed hence a long time before all of the countries of the world are so un||oni^dA^^t^Hetl>a)H!t>tosWifsii' competition. '"'s. Let charity begin' at home! Could not the state of unemployment in Canada b'e lessened if the import were barred of goods which are or could be produced in Canada? We are so short-sighted that even where the goods are already manufactured, so to speak, we allow the importation of hundreds of thousands of tons of coal into the central part of Canada while both East and West have inexhaustible stores; and right here in British Columbia we see millions of dollars worth of fuel oil coming in while our miners are idle or have to accept reduced wages to carry on. The prairie farmers, from a selfish point of view, are pushing for absolute free-trade, so-called. This means paralysis for Canadian industrial life. The Labor Party are nearer to, in a democratic sense, and would hare more influence than either of the other parties with the farmer party, and should be able to show the farming community that home markets are the real basis of their prosperity, and that the-encouragement of a maxmum of industry in all lines within the country will give the farmers the best results even from a Selfish point of view. A moderate tariff, which has been the plaything and vote-catcher' for1 the old parties in Canada for so long, FOR YOUR PICNICS use osrziT products or CEOSS too. "Whistle," Ginger Ales, Hemonndes, Cresta Blonoa, Strawberry, limo Jolco, Cherry Older, Grape Smash, Boot Bow, Sarsaparilla, oto. AT ALL SOFT DRINK STANDS. PHONE US FOR WHOLESALE ORDERS FOR EXCURSIONS 28-38 Fourth Ave. East. CROSS & CO. Phone ralr. 1173 Thus hitherto have revolutions- *™2™*\,«?«* ineffective, and so •rtoi the re- ™>ere 1B a'' justification and a fine been-achfevedT- But hitherto the revolutionists in tum have been compelled to resort to the very methods against which they, to all appearance,' revolted. That this has been so is because "after the revolution, as before, property has continued. Its form, maynap, has changed, likewise its ownership, but not its function, The function of property, that is of property in the means of produc tion, not mere personal possessions, is to serve as the instrument for the exploitation of labor. Otherwise there is not even any incentive to its ownership. That which will not lend itself .to usoas-a means of the exploitation of labor never becomes jlffiertevJIohndy- wantaatl 'ZLi... -.^, bo while property prevails labor must be exploited and to be exploited must be ruled. Either by industrial or political action that rule must he broken. .It depends upon existing conditions how it will be done. If the cry for bread is too strong force may hare to be used bat if the workers quickly realize their power the change can"* be accomplished over night.—W. LET US GIVE YOU AN ESTIMATE ON YOUR NEXT PRINTING JOB, opportunity for the Labor Party to advocate practical exclusion. If the Labor Party of Canada wish to be part of a wider movement, they can find plenty of scope Within the Empire^ the other parts of which are at least as far advanced democratically as we are, and probably more awake. It might be noted that the Clydeside section of the British Labor Party, and a main driving force in that movement, have recently be come converts to protection for British industry. * Would not a poHcy_.of_p.rQtection by-tiie^ISbor Pai^'of'Gariada help to give them the eventual control of industry which ihey^s^et^.-^—-^' . THE CHINESE TROUBLE (Continued from Page 3) months are not the cause of the growing Chinese indignation. It is .true that the Shanghai ..strike, the Students' demonstration, the cruel, uncalled-for and brutal intervention of a foreign police force are striking examples of European methods in China, expose the injustice of the privileges granted to foreigners, and illustrate the tendency to be seen all through the last hundred years of treating the Chinese as if they were dogs. But the matter is not .going to be settled by the punishment of a police officer or the improvement of factory regulations in this place or that. Nor shall we make any progress by attributing the present trouble to Bolshevik propaganda. Anyone who believes such nonsense as that shows an abysmal ignorance of history, and is merely infected by the anti-Russian fever which is rather prevalent among the' weak-minded just now. We are up against a problem the dimensions-of which we can hardly grasp. If we ignore it, neglect it, or deal with it piecemeal it may assume very alarming proportions. Joint Action Needed * We are not in an isolated'position; the. situation cannot be dealt with except hy joint action among the powers concerned. There may be some uncertainly as to the power and authority of the government of Peking. When China emerges from the throes of her troubles it is unlikely that the vast continent will settle down under one centralized government. More probably a federation of States will be the form of government which will eventually be evolved. But we Europeans must not wait and make the excuse that China has no settled government. Wrongs must be righted, privileges dropped, and the Chinese treated as any other nation with the same re' spect and the same recognition of sovereignty. Great Britain should take the lead in renouncing extra territorial privileges and special concessions, and bring the other powers into line. The United States Government is already 'taking .a more .ad-. ■vafleed -line,- and there - is no reason why thp professions expressed at the Washington Conference: shgglij^neJ, KsrsSirv?Tea'""out""SnoHiHe" just causes for Chinese anti-foreign .animosity removed. But if the powers are wise they will not act as if they were just tiding over a disagreeable emergency, but declare..th§jcJBtentipn of opening, a "fte'rtr" chapter in the relationships of China ahd the West. No doubt here and there British trade and British traders deprived of privileges may find themselves in a disadvantageous position.. But it cannot be too often emphasized that people who venture commercially in lands where there are different laws, customs and codes of morality must not expect all the forces of the Crown to be at their beck and call to protect them in their enterprise. If the appeasement of Chinese indignation is unsuccessful there is a very real danger in the future. We have hitherto been accustomed to wars between nations. But the signs of the times, the politics which are being pursued, and the curtailment of distance by scientific inventions, all point to future strife being be- tween continents rather than between countries. Russia, forced out of the European family by the unfriendly attitude of the Western powers, is already turning to Asia". A future war between Europe and Asia is not a-prospect which anyone can contemplate with equanimity. But unless*-and until, the lust for domination, the desire for expansion, economic exploitation, and the war mentality can be eradicated from European statesmanship, the danger of serious trouble will remain. Let us hope, anyhow, that we may look for a sensible and farsight'ed handling of the Chinese difficulties which confront us at this moment. TORONTO LABOR DAY , DEMONSTRATION ARRANGED A]l arrangements for Toronto's Labor Day parade and demonstration hare been completed. The. parade wil! circle .the Exhibition grounds after it reaches there. Several outside unions will visit Toronto to take part in the parade. The parade will bare several beautiful floats, and a special trophy will be given for the best float in the parade. PRACTICAL PHILOSOPHY "Before I take your case,''- said the lawyer, "perhaps I ought to gire you some idea of the size of the fee I shall be compelled to charge you." "Oh, please don't do that," the lady replied. "If I get my diverse,, I shall be so happy that I'll be glad whatever it may cost, and if I fail, anything else that's disagreeable won't matter." a-^a-LYftllisay youcan-ti sleep because the blinds aren't down: Why don't you pull the blinds-down?" -ci£I-.,can-,t(■■■• -they are across tnlf alley."—VodriHe. DR., C. W. SUTHERLAND ' ' . ** D.D.S., L.D.S,, D.D.C. ' DBMTAX, BVMOBOM SVCCBS8 ia our "POST" at New Westminster, hit the people here must male It so. Brost year home city. Tlie people o( today demand up-to-ilaie methods In all lines ol business— professional and otherwise. Spatial Riduted Prices in Plates, Crowns and Filling during July and August CALL AND MAKE APPOINTMENT 309-10 Westminster Trust SolUiaff, Colombia Street, Hew Weatmlaster Take Elevator to Third Floor. 'August 28th, 1925 Buy Your Lamps, Radio ' AMD aUOnUOAS STTPPMES Prom tbe Practical Store City Electric Co. FAIR. 4865 MAIN AT 8th Repairs Day and Night Sell Plumbing & Heating Company « 105 Broadway East REPAIRS OUR SPECIALTY Fair. 2593 Res. Phone Bay. 1098X THE LABOR STATESMAN Must Organize the /Unorganized Laborers By TOM RUSSELL Carpenters No. 452 W, A.HILKER&SON .nything in Dry Goods and Fancy fork. Goods Must Be Satisfactory or Money Refunded. 2425 Main Street, Halfway Between Broadway and 8th Avenue. Phones: Fair. 58 Res.: Bay. 4166R MOUNT PLEASANT , UNDERTAKING CO., LTD. AMBULANCE SERVICE COR. OF MAIN AND KINGSWAY JtYe Use Our Utmost Care and Caution in Selecting Goods That Will Be Service- able and Satisfactory to Our Friends , SEE US FOR RIGHT VALUES IN BOYS' SCHOOL BOOTS Men's solid leather Work Boot .$4.95 .Men's trench Raincoats ....' 9.7S Men's all wool knitted Vests.;.. 1.95 Boys' all wool hand knit Sweat. . , er: Regular $3.50, for .... 2.50 Men's military grey work Shirts 1.15 Muleskin work Gloves .35 Arthur Fifth <& Co. Men's and Boys' Furnishings, Hats, Boots and Shoes. v Phone: Fair. 14 2113 Main StV Between 7th and Ith Totalizator Used at Colwood Park Races ■ The Colwood Park race meeting, ' j which will be held from August 26 to September 2, will introduce a new type of totalizator onto the race . ' tracks of the American continent. Although the machine is new to this ' country it is in common use in Australia, New Zealand, India and other • countries, where its reliability, accuracy and rogue-proof mechanism > have gained the complete confidence of the betting public. Recognizing , the demands of bettors for a system which cannot be tampered with, the Victoria Park Racing Association Limited,' has given a lead to the continent of America by installing the ' first machine in the Western world for the Colwood Park meeting. The Australian Premier Totaliza- ■ tor, an electrically controlled machine, makes secret last-minute bets , impossible.' Each and every bet is instantly recorded in full view of the ' public, and no ticket can be issued , without the transaction being automatically recorded on the horse in- ' dicator and the grand total indicator. t A controlling lever, which locks the machine and stops all further betting, , is located .in the judges' box, and the machine cannot be restarted without the consent of the Mounted Police. This, coupled with the fact, that the machine prints the tickets as they ' are issued, prevents any clerk issuing a ticket to himself or any other per- 'son after the"machine has.been locked by the Mounted Police. The ma- "Cimmn^lfl'et'-hOa'fflJ^d^^^'Sny There is one aspect of the .organized labor movement that is often overlooked by the different trades unions and that is that the whole of the working class must move forward as a solid body. The members of the different craft unions.are too apt to rest contented if their own particular craft is 100 per cent or near that, and think that their responsibility ends there. No greater mistake could be made. By adopting this attitude they are seriously handicapping themselves and progress is impeded. Few. trade unionists realize that we are actually losing ground considering the development of industry and tne wonderful efficiency of the modern machinery of production. For instance: Thousands of farmers in Canada, during this year, will have produced enough foodstuff to feed themselves and families for the next .50 years, and in some cases it will be for the next 100 years, but before Christmas most of them will be eating on credit, and practically all will be in debt. The same conditions apply -to' the industrial workers. Many thousands of unemployed will be on the bread line this coming winter, who will probably only have worked three or four months during the year, but in those three or four months they will have produced more than their fathers, fifty years ago, could possibly have done in as many years. An Irishman once remarked: "I don't know .much about-economics, but- when I see a man with a dollar he didn't earn I know some other man is out a dollar that he did earn." What is it that is holding back tife progress of the Labor movement? Some claim that you cannot raise your standard of living or even maintain it on an overstocked labor market, in other words, it is useless to ask for a raise; of wages . with. thBU'SSii'ds of hungry men waiting to take your job. There is no doubt that the unemployed are a serious menace to the employed workers, but a far greater menace is the low paid, unorganized workeh Often a member of a trade union will be working alongside of a so-called unskilled worker who is actually receiving less than half the wages of the organized mechanic he is helping. The margin is far too wide, so we have got to get the common laborer's standard raised. There is, one of two alternatives, either.he comes up or we go. down. Naturally, we don't want to go down, then how are we going to get him up? Only by organization and education. It is the duty of every trade unionist to adopt the slogan "Organize, the Unorganized" and put it into practice. Support the Trades and L&bat Council organizing campaign actively and financially; make it a personal affair to get a member for the "Common Laborers' Union," brmg the question up in your own local meeting and get that sentiment created which is necessary to success. %- ... ..«.,• v... TTiiiuj ally irregularity of any kind breaks, the cloc^'ic circuit and the' 'machine rc- ■ fuses to, print, It is mechanically ' perfect and an absolute guarantee , against fraudulent practice of any description, and at every moment the amount standing to the credit of , each horse and the grand total of all investments on each race are displayed on a huge indicator. This latter is to the bettor what the speedometer is to the motorist, registering the investment on each individual horse «nd the total investment for the race at the same time, just as the speedometer registers mileage for an individual trip and total running mileage of the car. CO-OPS PROMOTE 8-HOUR DAY The most powerful influence in Britain for the eight-hour day outside the trade union movement itself has been the -insistent activity of cooperatives toward ameliorating the conditions of their employees, Every co-operative has banished the 10- hodr day in the clerical profession, although many private profit enterprises retain this 19th century working day. Nearly 800 societies have provided the eight-hour day or less to their workers. About half of these have granted the 40-hour week, which means that their clerks work only five days a week. Nearly all the others provide a four or six-hour working day on one day a week as a half-holiday. Mr. W. North Lewis, chairnwn^jpt the. South WsalesCbalowhers' Association, must be a charmingly childlike, person, although he is against the proposed miftirig subsidy. "It is," said he, "a terrible disaster that the Government should allow the country to be coerced'-in this way." The country, you will observe, beloved, is the coal'ownotay-a-iid the millions of mine-Workers, transport-workers, railwaymen, etc., are just a collection of interfering interlopers. And, in contrast to the coercive methods of the interlopers, was the kindly, persuasive message, from the coal- owners to the miners: "Accept two' bob less aday, or get to hell out of it."—Forward. THE FINANCIERS (Continued from Page 1) But it makes the victory no less resounding, and its consequences no less great. For, as Mr, Boothby pointed ont in a letter to the Times on Tuesday, it shows the Government poised uneasily between two great powers—the Bank of England, which controls' financial policy, and the Trade Unionists, which are establishing their claim to control industrial policy. At present each of these forces has dictated, and the Government has bowed to both. Bui; their dictates are utterly inconsistent. They are made compatible for a few months by. flinging the taxpayers' money into the gulf; but that cannot last. Labor and high finance are revealed in stark opposition; the Government cannot permanently serve both its masters. The Battle of Giants Where, in this battle of giants, do the mineowners, and the industrial employers generally, find their place? They do not love the bankers, though in their recent policy they have been obediently carrying out the bankers' behests. It is true that the mine- owners have received a heavy bribe —exactly how heavy we cannot say till the details of the settlement have been examined—for withdrawing their notices; but the fact remains that throughout the crisis they have played an impotent part. The industrial employers, who are now so angry with Mr. Baldwin for what he has done, have had no share in-the shaping of policy. They have only to pay their share of the taxation which the Government's policy involves. Indeed, one of the signs-of the passing of the Victorian phase in economic organization is the waning power of the industrial employer as the motive force in the world of industry. More and more financial policy -dictates industrial policy, checked only not! by the independent wills of the industrialists, but by the growing power and consciousness of Labor. The employer may be a'cap- tain. ,qf .Mdu^t^JmJ$i0^^l^ii 'ihiral. Arid with, the waning of his power to direct policy, his claim to' be let alone to do things his own way loses most of its force. The clear moral of the situation, unwelcome to the industrialist as well as to the financier, is that the community now that the supposed natural harmony of the Victorians has turned to an intolerable discord must devise means of collective regulation. Thus, in this special case of the mines, which after all is only typical of many others, some form of unification, with some measure of State control, is inevitable, not merely for financial reasons but stui more because only public control can replace the broken instrument of "private enterprise." The mines must be unified under a control strong enough to prevent them from remaining the battlefield of forces to which the common interest, is at best only a secondary Concern. Finance and Labor, two indispensable agents of production, must clearly be brought into adjustment under the controlling influence of the State, representing tho general community. But Where does the mineowner, much more where does the royalty owner; And his place? Does he, under the new conditions, find a place at all? The Rival Dictatorships It would clearly take us far beyond the limits of an article to examine the far-reaching implications of last week's crisis. It marks the rise of a new force and a new temper in the world of Labor; it throws into -sharp contrast the rival dictatorships ' of the Bank and the Trade Union, and the relative impotence of the ordinary capitalist employer. It points to the need for a new control of all three factors in the common interest—of the Bank and the Trade Union because of their strength, of the employer because of his.weakness. It forces to the front the need for a thorough readjustment of national economic policy; and it raises . IconstitutiftHial. issues, at least. aj .large "™ -'•*' as.the?econoi^c^..Wj^ifc.Botp£fitfind: yet to 'siiTour way clearly right through the wood; but we are glad the problem has at last been so stated in action that it can be no longer ignored. ' And we are glad, despite the dangers involved, that Labor has shown,, in unmistakable fashion, its capacity for common action and its will to resist a policy of Itfw Wages fatal to* our future prosperity. Last week's events have put this policy out of court; we have now—^all of us-^-rto find ways of readjustment which will admit the Trade Union claim and avoid the tearing asunder of our industry by the conflict to which it has given rise. For we must remember that last week's settlement REAL BEER 6c PBB PINT MAKE it yourself at home with our Peerless Yeast and other Peerless ingredients. Don't experiment. Follow our recipe and use only Peerless Products. Satisfaction guaranteed or money back. Investigate; Evening appointments. PEERLEESS YEAST CQ. OF B. C., UMITED 525 BURRARD STREET PHONE SEYMOUR 952 Perfectly Fitted $ ■ a 5 -s-~ .VITE offer the services of expert experience T * gained in three of the world's leading clinics. Free consultation. Convenient terms, if desired. Diagnosis without drugs. Most up- to-date, and 'best equipped optical establishment on coast. ': Glasses BIRD EYE SERVICE SBBVXCB BWUDIHO BOBSOH AT OBANVTrjKG ST. 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"Hi, General!" he shouted, after being kept waiting ten minutes on the first green. "Hurry up, you aren't on a battlefield now, you know." Our Minstrels -— Interlocutor: "Sambo, have you anything of interest for us today, son?" . Sambo: "Yes, sun. I have a very serious question." iwo Keeis io one or to put down two I Interlocutor: "What is that serious four-shilling pieces for every dollar, question, Sambo?" <jto O7.o In ..^1 on „„„„li:__ I" I R»mhn' "Win* n. we are in peril so appalling and so awful that, looking around upon our town-bred tens of millions, I, for one, shudder with apprehension. Will the Empire Collapse? Not within a quarter of a century, even were we a united nation rather than one through which arrogant or irresponsible protagonists of one class or the other sow the seeds of catastrophe, could we so re-construct our agriculture as to become self- supporting so far as grain, dairy produce, timber, wool and meat supplies were concerned. Thanks to the fact that our greatest manufacture is that of a textile n'ot one pound of whose raw material we can ever grow in these islands and that every year more of our machinery and our metals and our chemicals and all the vast and indispensable material basis of our accustomed economic and social life must be sought beyond our shores, the hope of our idealists that we. may one day become self-supporting to stop exporting masses of cheaply produced manufactures is indeed "the stuff that dreams are made of, airy and unsubstantial." On bur Empire our ancestors have built us the house wherein we have to dwell or which, collapsing under us, will bring us to a certain and hideous death. _aJ^jth.e,„flthBth8a4^ifcis:jio'''iise :iefiiBi^~^tii'.--4ba..-maenor7afi^:rfo' realize that economic evolution isj Sambo: "Why am a married man like these new skirts from Paris the ladies are wearing?" Interlocutor: "I don't know, Sambo.* Will you tell the ladies and' gentlemen why these skirts from Paris are like married men." Sambo: "Because they are both short." Finale — After the uncorseted ushers have restored order our Village Choir will render our latest National Hot-Air Ballad, entitled: "Oliver's Gas House "Will Soon Contain a Cabinet Without Portfolio." < Words by Woodward; music by 0d 'un. losing us the Empire' of the Earth" and technical transformation the sovereignty of the seas. • Between, revolution and reaction some of us who are realists must Booner or later, and sooner than later, call as many as will come together to reason with us how .we are to tackle this urgent problem of saving our people from actual starvation, our country from catastrophe, and the historic fact of Britain here and overseas from disintegration arid dissipation. MIRROR GLANCES ByEKOYLOH Said a wizard to a wise man, Ask one favor and I'll give, All you ask, in full measure, * Every day that you may live. Then the wise man quickly answered, Wealth and fame, I now confess, I don't want, but give me always Days of health and happiness, Peeks are Peeks—Man ' of the Hour: "It is my understanding.that the highest peaks are in Europe." Man About Town: "It is my observation that the highest peeks are along the prominent sidewalks of the Mi fren tfony, he stilta work on the section gang. Tony, he say, he no giva dam, he no want to be.beag bossy man, So we ask heem. Tony, for why you no wish? Oh, hella, say Toriy, I just lacks de ambish.— R. T. Leppan. Many a father sends a perfectly good son to college and only gets a "half" or "quarter-back." The love of'pie is the root of al! political evil. • • . .. . Impossible Things—To hold the Yeh, and had you noticed how | steering wheel and your girl safely at well skirt rhymes with flirt? the same time. THE LABOR STATESMAN August 28th, 1925 NOW OPEN! Every modern convenience installed at cost of $20,000. Union workmanship. 30 employees.' Proprietors formerly with Strand, Central and Golden Gate Cafes. Reasonable prices. Perfect Qualities.' THE BOSTON CAFE 534 PENDER STREET WEST VANCOUVER, B. C. In the Tonsorial Chair By SPUD TAMSON WHITELUNCH LIMITED Five Places to Eat. / . Granville Street—Nos. 439 and 808. Hastings Street—Nos. 128 East, 124 West and 439 West Satisfaction Guaranteed POPULAR PRICES TABLES FOR LADIES REST ROOMS FOR LADIES NEVER CLOSED 21 CORDOVA STREET, WEST. STANLEY HOTEL Now open under new management. Refurnished throughout. Hot and cold water. 'Phones In bedrooms. Up-to-date comforts. An Ideal hotel for all! iiiownum bbfkbbhkbht pasxob xwu T. Taylor—Proprietors—H. Watson Phone Bey. 4410 MAINLAND CIGAR STORE THE PLACE FOR PIPES 310 CARRALL STREET, VANCOUVER z..lJLT.jaJLU&M*m~i'—- * BOYCOTT But this will inform our readers that the CASCADE BEER AND U B. C.BEER 9 .• is manufactured in non-union breweries. This advertisement is not displayed by the Liquor Control Board pr the Government of British Columbia. The Shingle Weavers' Union will hold a basket picnic at Horseshoe Bay on Labor Day. There will be all kinds of sports and prizes and free refreshments. Tickets, adults, $1.00, children, 35c. DO YOU WALTZ? Some of the old-time..song music that you can sing arid dance to will be -played at the Belvedere Court on Saturday evening. At Your Service Day and Night The B. C. Electric supplies more than a commodity™ it supplies a service, one of the most vital in present day life. BiOTisHtoiMBifl^EiJECTRicRfliw/nrCot Good morning, ma'am. What can I do for you? Shingle? Yes, ma'am. Well, so help me never! If this ain't Mrs. Rose Henderson. I am glad to see you ina'am for I am just thirsting for information about Labor's Summer Camp at Summerland. Seems to me Rqsie that a far bigger attendance could have been got if the slaves had been given a bigger chance to ' arrange their holidays to suit.' Quite a few, of my customers say they did' not know anything about it until ■ their holidays had .been arranged. Enthusiastic? Well, I should say 1 am, but say, what about this Labor college? That is the best thing that has been put forward yet.. So far as local labor is concerned it is the cat's meow. Of. eo'urse, those responsible will have tb see to it that any degree conferred upon students will have the same weight as if it were obtained at any other college. Yes, ma'am, if it is run right we ought to have a crop_of lecturers and propagndists that will- make British Columbia into a labor province inside of live years. Finance? Well, there should not be much difficulty about that Every union will select its most promising young man and give him a course and then the local labor units will chip in and if you don't get as many students as can be handled I'm a Dutchman. Now Rosie, I look upon you-as the ablest propagandist in this province and I am surprised that' you have not been nominated for a seat in the Federal House. I know you do not want to put yourself in the limelight, but it is your duty ma'am, the women in this province need a champion like you. Fancy what a difference it would have made if you had been in Mary Helens place sft Victoria. I bet the Minimum Wage act for girls would not have been evaded like it iS now. Nor would girls have, tfe stand--in--stores-far *Wirier*sffaigKt hours in an unhealthy' atmosphere when chairs are so cheap. Oh its no use you blushing like that Bosie. I neVer throw.bouquets unless they are deservedYoto"bet you, the working- men generally have an eight hour day but what about ihe mothers? If wives ever demand a working day of that length, boy oh boy, there will be something doing, and of course what is good for the gander is good for the goose. Well, I am not saying when that will come about, iut I hope when it-does, the women folks will spend' their leisure time educating themselves so that they will acquire economic freedom and pay a, little less attention to dolling up and vanro- ing the menfolks. Yes, ma'am, as you say, that is a ticklish question and the sooner I quit the better. Good day ma'am. Next please. Labor Woman Elected to Australian House Miss May- Holman, recently elected unopposed to the State Parliament of Western Australia, is the first Labor woman to be elected in Australia. She succeeds her father, the late J. B. Holman, one of the oldest and most influential workers in the political and industrial movements of W. A. Her constituency is considered a "safe" Labor seat, and is rarely contested by Labor's opponents, so the light centres in the preelection ballot through which tiie members of the Labor Party and Trade Unions resident in the electorate select their candidate. On this occasion there were ten nominees for selection and the contest was keen. Miss Holman won with 577 votes, the man next on the list got 500, and each of the other considerably smaller votes. .■■■_■•■-.■•■: Miss Holman's selection met with general approval.. Though only a young woman of about thirty-two, she has been actively engaged, in political and industrial work since 1911, when she joined the staff of the Timber Workers' Union, of which her .father. was general "secretary. Much of her work has been done in association with her father. She acted as his secretary for years, and recently assisted him in a long and arduous arbitration case in the Commonwealth Arbitration Court. She has dabbled in journalism, having been for a time on the "Worker," tiie West Australia Labor paper, and is a good speaker. Added to this she is an excellent pianist, sings well, and is always to the fore in social affairs within the Labor movement. Western Australia also has the credit of electing the first woman to sit in any Australian Parliament. Mrs. Edith Cowan, O.B.E., a Conservative, was elected, but only held the seat for one term, and was "defeated at the last general election. —M.A.H., ini The J^^.ffifflmaii,a..,,.. Seymour 3168 Always Opea Empire Cafe and Grill Vancouver's Best * 'Under Personal Management of HAROLD DKGO BOO KRAUSB Late 54th Batt. Late 72nd Batt. 74 Hastings St E Vancouver. B.^. S you sit to your parlor tonight, irfen ere on duty guarding the JE^^^eat^p^lBaeg^^ X™rokeep bright the lights you read by, the (Jff street cars you travel by, or the street lights you are protected by. • Every hour of the. day, every day of the-yeafj every power plant and every _ substation is so manned, for no cessation of electric service must ever occur. ' Edmonton Adds 200 to Union Membership Approximately 200 have been added to the rolls of trades unions in Edmonton during the past six weeks. So stated the report of the exectfHve committee presented to the Trades and Labor Council on Monday evening, and confirmed by Carl Berg, campaign organizer during that time. Of that number. 32 were secured for Common Laborers' Union No. 92, to the Street and Electric Railway Employees were added 16, and the Railway Carmen 66. In the .organization of a new branch of the Hotel and Restaurant Employees' Union No. 474 a roll of 38 had been secured so far, and this branch will be known as beverage dispensers in hotel and service rooms. Other trades and occupations have secured quotas to make the round number mentioned. The following international organizers have been in the city to assist with^smsmm^'coB^ete^^^Qs^ erg -Robert Hewitt, of tne Railway Carmen; F. Smeed, of the Breweiy, Cereal and Soft Drink Workers; F. A. Hoover of the Street and Electric Railway Employees; W^ Wilkinson, Of the'United Brotherhood" of Carpenters and Joiners; B. J. Hislop, Of the Iron. Workers; J.-Bruce, of- the Plumbers and Steamfitters, and -W. McCutcheon, of the Boilermakers. Why go to a dance run by private individuals when you can have a better time at one run by a labor organisation? Try the Belvedere Court on Saturday night. HEAD OFFICE VANCOUVER,, B.C. Tea, coffee, sandwiches and cake will be supplied free,at the Social and Dance on Saturday night Tell your friends. Admission 25c and 50c. Company Union Miners Get Wage Reduction DENVER.—The Colorado Fuel & Iron Company, owned by the Rockefeller interests, has notified its coal miners in southern Colorado that their wages will be cut to the 1917 scale,, which means a reduction of about 15 per cent. The region affected was the scene of tbe bloody strike of 1913-1914, which cost more than 200 lives and culminated at Ludlow in the shocking massacre of "women and children by gunmen masquerading as Colorado militiamen. Congress was induced to order an investigation and out of it came the famous Rockefeller "plan"—one of the first "company unions." esentatives of this ye been asked by Management to ap- "jict, the company's Now, the company unid the Rockefeller proVe the cut. publicity agentS*Ma'ecIare that the company union "petitioned" for the reduction. President Welbprn, the chief representative of the Rockefellers, placidly announces that he "anticipates no trouble with the miners." The company union will take care of that . , Morris Lunch ! BOB MOORE, Prop. .. Quality Eats Reasonable Prices Por Working Men and Woman . • 30 DUNSMUIR STREET . (Half Block Esist ot Granville) i I WINTERS HOTEL A real hotel home for working- mon. .■ Every comfort; modern conveniences; cafe; 100 rooms. PBOvnrcxAs paklob license 90S Abbott St. Phone Ssy. 2«3-0 ... JAMBS CONNOLLY, Prop. LABOR CONDITIONS IN CHINA FRIGHTFUL HONOLULU, Hawaii.—In a lecture on Oriental labor conditions Miss Mary Dingman pictured an.appalling state of affairs in China. Thousands of cliildren, some of them scarcely more than babes, work in silk spinning mills, while thousands of women toil from 14 to 16 hours a dajr, seven days a week. "Labor conditions in China are about as they were in England at the end of the eighteenth century," said Miss Dingman. "From 70 to 80 per «s.jRi^<^*s!«te'"'^ men. Little children workers frequently become so fatigued from the long shifts that they fall against the machinery and are badly injured or, kilted. .The machinery is unguarded and there are no compensation laws." * COMPANY "UNION" SHAKY DENVER.—Rockefeller's company "union" is in a shaky condition because Of the second attempt to lower wages. Many Sections of Southern Colorado are aflame with trade union sentiment; and the company "union" plan is^m the weakest stage of its career. Its friends are silent because of the bold attempts of the Colorado fuel.and iron company to use their "anion" as a wage reducing club. Ihe Plain Mafi's Hotel — Every. Modern Convenience HOTEL EUROPE Woensed Beverase Parlor 43 Powell Street Vancouver LET US GIVE YOU AN ESTIMATE ON YOUR NEXT PRINTING JOB. Modern Etiquette—1. When ont riding with a strange lady it is customary to not tell her you are married, as this will prevent her worrying that every place you slow up your wife may appear on the scene. 2. When a woman is driving a car near you, always be gallant and give her all the room you can. Thig will often save your automobile as well as various expressions of what you think of women. ' 3. Whenever a .traffic cop gfogiL, yoa^Br^a^g^t^Xb^SrVix^l^rSSmori^f, it is customary for motorists to be real pleasant and, beneath their breath, say nice things of him; thank him in silence for his kindness, and otherwise refrain from addressing him in the way you want to..... 4.. In offering a lady a cigarette, it is best to also strike a match for> her, as women have not yet learned to light matches the same as men. Besides, there is always danger "of fire, etc. . . . ' . ■■„ The Canadian Labor Party plans to run several candidates in Quebec.' Most of them in the industrial sections around Montreal. TRY US FOR JOB PRINTING New Westminster's Leading Hotels The Savoy £52 Hftel and Cafe ana A. E. Kellington Cleanliness 660 Columbia Street Open at 6 a.m., closes 1 a.m. WINDSOR HOTEL Centrally Located—Good Rooms Popular Rates Colombia and Begbie Street Phone 209 CENTRAL HOTEL Opposite the B. C. E. Rly. Depot -»^te»p^.?4dW«-R0^'^"W 762 Columbia St Phone 1462 COMMERCIAL HOTEL Comfortable Family Hotel ReasonsWe Rates 718 Columbia St. Phone 377 HOLBROOK HOTEL Good Rooms, 76c Up Special Rates for Permanent Guests 633 Front St. Phone 330 , August 28th, 1925 THE LABOR STATESMAN For the Funeral, the Wedding* the Home Call or 'Phone to Brown Brothers for Cut Flowers Wreath Designs Everything Floral Brown Brothers & Co., Limited FX.OBISVS AHD NOTtSER-mEN 4—STORES—* 4B XastUf » St. ■. • Boy. 8M-S73 SSS OraavUla St. - Sey. 9513-1391 111 (aaUaat It. V. . Br j. 1370 1047 O.orrl» St W. • Sey. MIS "BAT IT WITH FLOWERS" Double the Pleasure of Your Outing RENTAKODAKr We also have a big supply of Cameras for sale at all prices. Enlargements a specialty. Art supplies, etc. CAMERA AND ARTS LTD, 610 GRANVILLE STREET SEYMOUR 4848 COLONIAL THEATRE DVMBBtxrot Airs SBAsrDtaa PREMIER FILM ATTRACTIONS Three Variety Programmes from Cream of Local Performers Moderate Prices Continuous, 11 to 11 Mffimmm&mWffl' CONTINUOUS POLICY- NOON-'TILL MIDNIGHT W alP^ IsP WSSm Hes W I WKB WSSf. SS5- and feature: PICTURES BRIGHTEST - 3 - THEATRES REX aiways snappy Oool Cosy GLOBE WED. NIGHTS 10 Cash Frizes for Cream of Vasoonvsr's Variety Talsat Belgian Unions in Healthy Condition On the 25th of this month tbe 24th ordinary congress of the Belgian Trade Union Federation was opened in Brussels. According to the statement of accounts submitted, the membership of the Belgian National Centre at the end .of 1924 Stood at 578,000 against .695,000 at the end of 1923. During that time the income has increased from 64 to 75 millions, the capital from 55 to 67 millions. -After the opening address by President Solau three resolutions were adopted. In the.first one, the meeting expressed its solidarity with, and offered its assistance to, tKe 70,000 metal workers at present oh strike. The second condemned war "arid militarism, with special reference to the barbarous events in. Morocco. In the third the'Belgian Trade Union Movement expressed its heartiest sympathy with the Chinese a workers in their fight for freedom. A BLOOD SACRIFICE MONTREAL. — After selling six quarts of blood at eight different times to provide food for his starving family, an Unemployed Montreal worker had to be taken to the hospital for care. He was too weak to sell another pint for $20, the regular price given for blood for transfusions. He has a wife, four little children, a Widowed sister-in-law and her child to support. [.'.'';. - MINING COAL UNDER LIVABLE CONDITIONS, AUSTRALIAN MINERS DEMAND SYDNEY,,- Australia-^-The Coal Tribunal is in session at Sydney, considering the claims, of the coal miners throughout Australia for increased wages and improved conditions. Among the olaims made by the miners are a six hour day, a five-day week; a minimum weekly wages of $27.50 (and improved working conditions at the various mines.- ■ |IIIIIIIIIIII|IIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIII|IIIIII1IIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIII1IIIIIIHU ' S a 1 PREVENT ! FOREST FIRES I - = =IT PAYS' l IIIIIIIIIIIIHIIIIIIHIiniUIUIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIlllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllilR ^mm. . MW TOBinrjUWMH mW CENTRAL CAFE Opposite the 8. O. Bteotxio Uspot OHI BAT AMD NIGHT I * Ideal for Residents and Tourists. , . a/ ..,_ _-yas«a-a...<l!S*»'"*i7~''=^;;' :' :-': .■ '■"':"'■ ' t I'll -pp'. -DR.R.DTASSIE BM * ...a - z ■■' --■:-MXh:-r- ■ ">-Z.r-:- Qraduate of International College of Chiropractic Spondylotherspy CHIRQPRACTOR i aBstabllshedliSiS Or. Abram'B System of Electric Treatment Suite 302 Westminster Bldg. .nffp WBBTMJMMTBB, . 1 Open Evenings "Greed" to Be Run Again at Orpheum When a picture, is held over at the Orpheum Theatre for a second week's run; the decision to repeat is based upon big business and public demand for a further showing. Eric Von Stroheim's ereat„ .»Gx^es"~has^mr be shown again next Monday, Tuesday and Wednesday at the popular Granville Street playhouse to accommodate those who failed to see. it on its initial showing in Vanesu*' V6r last week. ■ Local reviewer-spflnflr the public generally agree that it ' one of the mightiest scrben sermons emphasizing the evils of avarice, greed and the lust for gold. In making the pictute, which occupied him two years and cost $1,- 000,000, Von Stroheim issued a challenge to other producers. He believed the public did not fear truth, ahd was ready for more mature pictures as a respite from the common, or garden run. of. romatic drivel. To the pttblic; Von Stroheim Said, Four Head-liners at Orpheum Next Week Coming to the Orpheum Theatre next week, Thursday, Friday and Saturday, is one of the most cleverly arranged bills of the season. Every act has a distinct purpbse in its position and there is not a dull moment, in the entire performance. There are four headliners and three excellent supporting acts which maker it very difficult to decide which are headliners and which are not. Mabel McKinley is one of vaudeville's most popular sopranos, for having studied music abroad she has' enjoyed the very best training. Miss McKinley is a niece of the late President McKinley, and made her vaudeville debut in 1903; so that her experience and talent are well know. Johannes Joseffson is an Icelander and is the champion of the Icelandic method of self-defense. He introduced this art in America, but has now become' so interested in American traditions that he presents in a very colorful scenic sketch -"the pioneer," showing the trials of the early California settlers. Billy Farrell and his cleyer •company present a series of novel- 'tiea in their offering entitled "Novelty Surprises." Arthur and Norton Haval present one of vaudeville's Erettiest sketches entitled "Lovers' pane,", which for sheer beauty and art is unsurpassed. The Royal Gas- coignes are well known in Vancouver as jugglers and acrobats of the first order? Deagon and Mack are comedians and entertainers that never fail to click. Jack Hedley Trio offer something entirely different and original and with the usual attractive pictures and concert orchestra this promises to be a great show. "If you fear the truth—don't" see it. But if you want the truth— don't miss it!" Von Stroheim dem- oyer, an^'vnirpitripping all sham from the story and presenting it with all its stark; vivid and cruel sequences. The result is a picture that sends everybody home jvith •materi8r"tw"id1flcuss for a month to come. "Greed"is today the most discussed motion picture before the public.'"It nas as its basic theme the disintegration of two humans overcome by .their lust for: gold. The story follows them down to life's very dregs and there are scenes,' the like of which-have never been screened before in their sheer' audacity. Through it all, however, runs a fine grain of comedy and an emotion- stirring story with a great lesson. "Greed" will be shown twice daily only, at 2:30 and 8:30 p.m., Next Monday, Tuesday and Wednesday. Class Consciousness ... By F. W. MOORE To the workers of the, world class consciousness' is a necessity. Class consciousness is not class hatred, as many people seem to suppose. ' It emanates from the study of tbe in-, dustrial evolution of society, and society, for the sake of convenience, must be regarded as consisting of two classes, namely: those that use; and those that do not use, the means of life for the exploitation of their fellow men. Class consciousness consists of a realization of a natural membership in one or other t>f these divisions. It is the gateway to the understanding that humanity must possess before' it can turn to" anything like the best account, the unlimited volume. of machinery, and natural resources at its disposal. When once acquired it is the ideal view-point from which to survey the struggle for. existence, which is so well known by experience to' the great majortiy, yet whose results are far from been .considered a consequence of the fight between capital and labor, but rather as phenomena that are aft- inevitable as an occasional thunderstorm. -Such misfortune therefore as the forced unemployment of 10 or 12 per cent of all workers all the year round, in one of the richest countries in the world (Social Service - Bulletin •(Methodist) October 15, 1921) is considered an incurable evil. The extreme absurdity Qf such a notion is quite obvious to the class- conscious one. He knows that the machinery of production which "man has learned to control has grown to tjventy horse-power Or to one hundred man-power for every man In the country.'*—Lecture on "The Vacuum," . Scientific Monthly, June, 1924. Consequently he knows that he and his fellows are poor because they produce too much! 'Not, too much for use, but too much for a marke^ that dwindles in proportion to the increased efficiency or use of rhechanical,ps»w«^i;paj.apm-»H.a -:. • The Struggle for Markets All capitalist countries find'.themselves in such a predicament at times, hence, the struggle for foreign markets, trade-routes and natural ■ resources, fought to a finish in the trenches by. two sections of the working class who have been plentifully besprinkled and rouged with the psychological paint -and powder of their exploiters, and .who. regard themselves as belonging to two distinct species of humanity. Thus are millions induced to cru- cification on the altar of profits, in the name of God, king and country. It is only world-wide class-conscious ness can prevent such deplorable immolation. Were the workers of the world, that is, all people paid calaries or wages for services of either hand or brain, conscious of their identity of interests sufficiently to inspire them to stand, together in cases of international emergencies the slaughter of a single individual would not be necessary to the settlement of any dispute. They could compel arbitration between the belligerent rivals who would thus automatically become their representatives instead of their exploiters as at present. Bloodless Struggles . The fight, however, is not restricted to the use of cannon. It has a bloodless phase also, and is carVied on incessantly in our daily experiences. Struggles over wages; the unceasing stream of veiled and open propaganda; the pressure of economic advantage used in moulding" character compatibly With current institutions; the machinations of unscrupulous political machines, and the employment of stool pigeons or spies and informers in - unions and amongst crowds of working men (Social Service Bulletin, Sept. %, 1924) are a few, of the symptoms of 'guerilla warfare waged in times of-peace-.within the national boundaries. Whoever' recognizes them as p5!L,;of ^3swi^Nteg&K_: ■safWW.TJS class conscious. Nevertheless, class-consciousness is a state that it takes some effort to attain. It consists in realizing that for purposes of clearing the ground for the unobstructed benefits' bf evolution we miist recognize our condition as belonging to one or other of the two classes mentioned. When assurance of their real condition is attained by a sufficient majority of the World's inhabitants, a new-born confidence in public opinion will be inspired, and desirable steps will be taken to bring about the beginning of the end of trouble born of greed and selfishness on the one hand, and carelessness on the other. The metaphorical lions and lambs will be as friendly as proverbial pick-pockets. A new era will have dawned. UNION G, W. G* MADB Carpenters' Overalls Phone Seymour 3594 Campbell & Griffin Clothing, Hats, Caps and Moo's Furnishings 144 CORDOVA STREET WEST h , . p—|— IronizeD EVERY HOME NEEDS IT. MAKE SURE TOIT.GET IT— AND NOTHING ELSE. It Is Rich in Nourishment— DELICIOUS Ring Up Sey. 2354 for Appointment DILW.X CURRY DENTIST. Suit* 311 Dominion Building Vancouver. B.C. r-k PERRY & DOLK Men's Tailors It Hastings West Room U S^WEIL&SQIL FUNERAL DIRECTORS ' AND EMBALMERS 66 6th St., New Westminster Phone 893 m\ -- -■■ 5 fl Phono: Seymour 1780 Hartle Bros., Ltd. TAILORS • 62 8EYM0TTB STREET (Opposite Hudson's Bay) * ^m ■V, Merritt Mines, Ltd. (KM.) , Working* two equipped mines, ABERDEEN AMD TOBY RIDGE . 23 claims adjoining, two miles in length. SHARES SOW 100 Advance shortly. THOMAS KING CO. blMLHMD Seymour 8373-6786 STANDARD BANK BtftXDING VANCOUVER THE BETTER 'OLE 1 IIS Main Stnwt 1 J. Turner, Prop, picki the belt of |H . X * ". 'tobacco. ".< , B There is something decidedl; wrong with a man who is always ac cusing and suspecting,others. • •'* * The happiest moment of a fat wo man's life usually' comes when sh '■■;■ 1 J Wilson* &*TSoa PIONEER MAKERS OF Best Loggers' Shoes ,-.- -.. __ ..... ^ --. HAVE MOVED.TO 307 CARRALL STREET VANCOUVER 1 1 -,'v .'"■'• vv ¥ THE LABOR STATESMAN August 28th,_1925.- ilHHIIIIIIIItlllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllU S Hastings,, west of Park; very 5 3 pretty situation; real value, § 5 fpr a five-room bungalow. 3 3 You should not fail to see;3 E this place. Price—- 3 $4000 , 5 Block off Kingsway, new five- 3 room stucco bungalow. Has 5 garage in basement; plaster- Si ed; open fireplace; two chim- g neys. This is a real,buy, on 3 easy payment. Price— j $3000 3 One and a half blocks from g Main St, fine four-room 3 bungalow; fine plumbing and s garden. $500 cash. Only— 1 $1850 | Pemberton & Sons | 3 : Established 1887 ~ 3 g. 0. UtMatson, Manager Meal 3 3 Estate Department 5 Secretary Rigby of the Bakers union has been appointed part time organizer by headquarters. He has received several new applications for membership and has many good prospects. Efforts are being made to organize a Catering Council to include the unions that Can help each other through such a council. . Organizer Page of the Carpenters reports 36 new members initiated last Monday for local 452 and 10 new members initiated by the Mill and Factory workers last Thursday. The Canada, Hotel has signed up with the Beverage Dispensers Union. This makes Vancouver beer parlors one hundred per cent unionized. Business agent Hague of'the Auto mechanics has a number of .new members in sight for the next local meeting. 3 BEY. 9490 418 HOWE ST. 3 niiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiitiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiuir, FOR A DAY'S OUTING -GOTO Horseshoe Bay Pacific Great Eastern Railway (Via North Vanoonver City Perrlos) TRAINS RUN AS rOLIOWS ON SUNDAYS AHD HOLIDAYS Leave North Vancouver for all stations 8:40 a.m. and then thirty minutes past each hour until 8:80 p.m. Return from Whyteclln" 9:25 a.m. and 26 minutes past each hour until 9:26 p.m. . Purchase Tickets .«■.- 'Berry • WlUBf and 833 OBANVH.LB STREET RETURN PARES FROM VANCOUVER: . Adults CMldren 70c 40c Por Further Information Telephone North Van. 300 Soymonr 8331 All Beer Parlors Now Employing Union Help Every beer parlor in the City of Vancouver is now 100 per cent unionized. The Canada Hotel signed up last week, after visiting electrical workers refused to put up at the hotel during their stay here. There are 59 beer parlors, all of which are paying the scale and giving conditions. Business Agent Hanafin has been constantly on the job and although meeting much opposition has finally forced, wittuthe aid of organized labor, every beer parlor into line. HORSE RACING COLWOOD PARK VICTORIA AUG. 26 ■-SEPT. 2 Trouble Brewing in Moving Picture Field Moving picture theatre operators are attempting to break down the conditions of the employees. They are not. only denying union repre- sen.tatisfis..the-sight to-checlt up conditions, but have obtained the support of the government in initiating a move that looks like^an attempt to flood the ' market with unskilled workers. Readers are urged to stay away from the theatres that are now on the unfair list, and to aid the theatrical employees should a general walkout take place.'.,... LABOR PARTY CHOIR AND BAND The band and choir committee of the Greater Vancouver Central Council of the Canadian Labor Party is getting down, to business and hope to have their first practice soon. Any member of organized labor desirous of joining this choir should get in touch with Secretary W. Dunn, or leave their name with the Labor Statesman. Electrical Workers Stage Dinner Dance The big ballroom of the Vancouver Hotel was the scene of much activity last Saturday evening when the northwest locals of the International Brotherhood of Electrical Workers staged a dinner dance for the delegates to the.recent convention in Seattle. The delegates, and their wives, about 350 strong, came oyer during the day and, with-the local men, filled the ballroom with about 700 persons, all of whom seemed to thoroughly enjoy the festivities. The committee took great pains to have it a thoroughly union affair. There' were 60 union waiters on the job, and the dinner, was prepared by union cooks. A six-piece union orchestra supplied the dance music and a good supply of union made beer was on hand to appease the appetites of the—■ "Four and twenty Yankies, Peeling mighty dry, ' Who came across to Canada To open a case of Rye. When the Rye was opened, The Yankies began to sing, To H— with the President, God Save the King." Addresses of welcome were made by A. J. Creech, local president, Mayor Taylor and George Kidd. International President James P. Noonan addressed the meeting after the dinner and then mingled among the men. There were not enough waiters available to attend on the guests so an S.O.S. call wasa- sent to:' the "Niagara" and 28 union stewards came ashore and helped, and,these Were kept busy all evening. Detroit was selected as the next town for the 1927 convention. International President James P. Noonan and all the other international, officials were unanimously reelected, with the exception of one executive ' board member, Prank Swor, who is replaced by G. C. Gad- bois, of Tulsa, Okla. Oiii? Imperial Range ■—la the best value on the market. Price _ $59.00 —Examine it every way you wish, weight, appearance and finish—put it, to every test possible—baking, hot-water heating and fuel consumption—note its convenient features, towel bar, upper warrning closet and oven thermometer, etc., and then compare it with ranges costing $25.00 •more. You'll be convinced it's the greatest range value in Canada at $59.00. Sold on terms of $10.00 cash, balance monthly. _ ' ' VANCOUVER i NOTARY PUBLIC P. R. BENGOUGH . Secretary Trades and Labor Council ■' Boom '8i>3, 18 Hastings BtreeiMeat' .,: Phones: Sey. 7016-6378 "Laura doesn't take any ehances, does she?" "Not manyr-^she wouldn't accompany me on the piano without a ehaperone!" . :" NOTICE TO MILK SALESMEN All members of Local 464 who are going td Seattle, for the Convention musiun&tifypthe. Secretary- on-or-be*- fore September 1st, .in order to reserve the accommodation. Please send this in writing saying what days you will be there. Several members report increased business. Some of the Royal drivers are now asking how to join up; you all know where the office is. Send them along, before they lose all their business, as we have hardly started yet. It will be a long steady drive that will win this. Don't get disheartened, push the Homogenized, because any storekeeper can sell this as easily, if not better, than the stuff the Royal is putting out. If you want any cards notify the Secretary. UNION LABEL LEAGUE The first meeting of the Label League this fall wiH be held in Room 810, Holden Building, on . Monday next, August 31st, at 8 p.m. All delegates whose names haye been sent, into the secretary have been notified, any others are cordially welcome. HOTEL VANCOUVER FOOTBALL CLUB ERECTS FREE DRESSING ROOM A dressing room has been built at Recreation Park, Smythe and Homer, by the Hotel Vancouver ' Football Club for the free use of all players of other clubs. This team is composed of many union men working in the hotel and has been'the winners of the Brunswick Cup in 1923, the Championship Shield in 1924 and the Iroquois Cup in 1925. The first game in the new season will be played on Septemher 5th. The president is J. W. Parkins; vice-presidents, K. A. Leach, Bert Love, E. Roberts, E. R. Welsman, H. Duker, C. E. Gibbs; chairman, E.; Norton; treasurer, E. R; Welsman; secretaries, L. Grange and W. A. Colmar.; manager, W. McNeill; finance edmmittee, E. R. Welsman, E. Roberts, E. Norton; groundsman, W. A. Colmar. ' FRISCO HOTELS SHUT DOWN 'm§m^TMr^CX^i&.^m^Jy :mp waiters at the Palace and St. Francis hotels, two famous San, Francisco hostelries. went on strike, Monday. when, after negotiations which have been pending since last May, the managements flatly refused ft demand' for wage increases ranging from 25 to 50 cents a day. DUTCH PARTY'S BIG CAPTURE OF VOTES In the matter of seats gained, the recent Dutch elections did not appear to have been remarkably favorable to the Socialists. Before the election the Socialist Party held 2Q seats in the Dutch Parliament. Now it holds 24 seats. But an analysis of the votes cast, now published in an article by Mr. P. J. Schmidt, in the current "Socialist Review," shows that writer to have justification for his title, "A Socialist Victory in Holland." The Socialist Party increased its votes from 567,769 to 706,704, a gain of 24.5 per cent. The only other party to make.a notable gain was the Progressive Democrats, who rose from 134,595 to 187,159. BROADCASTING IT A union milk salesman was asked by the driver of a big American touring car, for the, direction to the Canada Hotel. < The milk salesman informed him that the Canada was on the unfair' list, so the American said he wouldn't go there, and asked to be directed to another place. That's broadcasting it. Since that happened, however, the Canada Hotel has signed up with the union. SPECIAL DRUG VALUES ' Compare our prices with other so-called cut-rate Druggists and note the QUALITY, SERVICE and SAVING FBIPAY AND SATURDAY SPECIALS ...a..Ca' yrr.~;7ti.i<m .J0.10 Lemon. Soap, 6 for :..«0.2S .25 Tincture ot Iodine, 2 oz IS .35 Boracic Acid, Powdered, per lb „ .:. .17 .60 Menthol Sulphur Ointment .27 .10 Golden Hose Glycerin Soap, 6 for as .60 Glycerin & Hose Water, 8 .97 1.50 Gillette Razor 1.14 .65- Bay Bum _. .38 .75 Reld's Cold Creani _ .36 1.00 Krysol-(antiseptic) 16 oz. .49 .15 Envelopes, 2 for .21 .60 Castor Oil (finest Italian) 8 oz .27 .60 Papeterles „ -... .... .34 .25 Seldlltz Powders, 8 in box .16 ,.25 Reld's Brllliahtlne 14 .25 Castile Soap, per bar .17 .10 Epsom Salts,- 5 lbs. for 25 .40 Scholl's Zino Corn or Bun- Ion Pads _ 35 .16 Sulphur, per lb. .00 .26 Cream of Witch Hazel and Roses _,; „ 16 VANCOUVER DRUG COMPANY, LIMITED 12 STORES EMERGENCIES ■1T|THEN a crisis comes and someone at a distance must be ™ * reached quickly, the 'long-distance telephone will prove its worth. British Columbia Telephone Company FOREMAN WAS JEALOUS "I say; Bob," asked an acquaintance,' "Why did the /foreman, sack, you yesterday?" I "Well," was the reply,, "a foreman is ^ne Who;, stands', around .'and witches.his.gang- work.'*■-'-■■-■ "I Iffiow; but what's Chat got to do with it?" • • "Why, he got jealous of me! People thought I was the foreman l"—. Edinburgh -Scotsman. SEE ROWLAND BRITTAIN. Fair- ffieM Bldg.', for Patoats, Trademarks. AN UNGRATEFUL PEOPLE! For a hundred years we have showered benefits upOn the Chinese. We have sent them nd" fewer "than1 12,482,000 bibles and introduced some of our most'up-to-date machinery and labor-saving devices into their cities. We have even, on occasion, gone to the trouble and expense of having a war with them in order to introduce necessary reforms into their immoral and- obs lete system of government. Heaven knows what they have to complain of.—"Yaffle," in the "New Leader." PINCHING THE BEST WREATH 1 The non-unionist is like a man who stands at the corner of the street watching a funtraL procession go by; he follows it to the cemetery, .and when.'all .the mourners have; gtonig. h^i takes the best wfeatnaway to a flower .sh&w and wins first prtoe.— Tom Williams, M-P-iin the "Glasgow Forward." , Now ib your opportunity to, help, the labor movement in a new way. Take your:: wife.-tb^th,e-Soeiaf-Srid Dance in the Belvedere Court on Saturday evening. Gillespie & Ault, Ltd., \ Ts|ke Over Book's Store' Another important change in Van- a eouver's mercantile circles- is an-: nounced with the installation of^ Messrs. Gillespie & Ault, Ltd., who have acquired the D. K. Book, Ltd.; clothing store, 137 Hastings Street* West. The new members of the firm,, came here from Victoria, but were in extensive business for many years in Saslwtoon. They put on a success- n ful bargain sale of the Clubb & • Stewart stock recently. Both Mr. Gillespie * and' Mr, Ault believe in '1 union principles and have always engaged union help. Announcement $ of their values will appear in these columns next week, and subsequent- editions.-.: • They are adding boys! > atock an- one feature of expansion. CHEAPER TO MOVE Master—"What would your father pay if he owed th«p baker three s. pounds .seven, the .butcher four pounds nine and fivepence, the milkman—-" ■% Boy—"Nothing, sir;.Vd move."<*-> The Passing Show ..(London). ri ■ : ., ;?
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