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Volume I. Vancouver, B. C, Friday, January 6, 1922 Number 23 I m POPLAR GETS RELIEF OPEN SHOP DRIVE CALGARY ELECTS THROUGH SENTENCES Unemployed Problem Again LOSING GROUND WINNIPEG LABOR London—The people of Poplar, the The committee appointed to try FIVE LABOR MEN London borough whose Socialist Ma­ Up Before Trades Council and square up the trouble between GETTING CONTROL yor and councillors went to jail be­ the unfair attitude of the" Maryland More Labor Party Men Added cause they refused to collect an un­ Organized Unemployed Address Council and Ask for Co-opera­ Cafe towards the Hotel and Restaur­ Now Have Members in Pro­ to City Council and justly levied tax, will gain 300,000 tion to Impress Authorities on Dire Needs of Many ant Employees Union, met with fail- vincial, Federal and pounds a year because of the courage People—Council to Continue Efforts—Public Works ' ure, so this place is now on the un- Municipal Offices School Board of their local officials. ! fair list of organized labor. This This is the net result of the jail­ Needed—Christmas Parcels Go to West End Rich : place is attempting to operate on The workers of Calgary have fol­ Will Vancouver swing into line ing of George Lansbury, his son and Officers Nominated the "open Shop" plan, and if suc- with with Winnipeg, Calgary and Ed­ lowed np their success at the Prov­ M wi daughter-in-law, and a number of ployed problem needed solving and **^ - » *** «*» opening wedge monton in the present municipal incial and Federal elections by add­ A delegation of organised unem­ fOE oth n others, including Mayor Sam March the profits from the liquor business • * - Organiser McKentie re- campaign? Although it is a question ing three more Labor candidates to ployed attended the regular meet­ ort a sho and the Labor majority of the bor­ could very well be put to use in this P *- «•-* -** "°P* P" campaign that can only be answered on elec­ the City Council and two more to the ing of the Trades and Labor Coun­ on th P cific Comgt b a School Board Trustees. ough government. Poplar is s work­ cil meeting in the Labor Hall Tues­ respect The B. C. Electric was get-' * *» *** ** V™' tion day, it seems to us that it can ting $450,000 from the government' t"--"* defeated, all but five cafes Andy Davidson, George Batchelor ing class section of London, with a day evening and asked for the co­ be answered better when we realise population of 162,000. for the change in the "rule of the j remaining in the recent' big fight in that these other cities are leading and Bob Parkyn, all Labor Party operation of the Trades Unions, in c5ty of Stm 1 candidates, were elected to the City ... ,___ i pressing for governmental action in road." and it was the intention of *•» ^ *' <^4{tioai in Vancouver in the placing of labor the company to take two vears to' Vancouver are faay favorable con- Council for two years, which, with Induce your friends and ««*)»-! reIief _f tfae memployed problem. candidates into office. bors to vote for the Labor candi­ make this change by means of their s,d«nn* *-»* •>«**«««« depression, two Labor candidates elected last The committee was composed of Al for th Un on Hous Winnipeg leads the way with six year, gives Labor, five men on the dates for aldermen and school trus­ representatives from the organized present employees, but the unem- j * f - « Card,when labor aldermen, four school trustees, Council, all of whom are members tee. unemployed of Vancouver Centre, ployed might be relieved by putting j !»»»~onixing restaurants, four members of the Provincisl Leg­ of trade unions. • Should two other North Vancouver and South Van­ them to work on this and cleaning; islature and one member of the Fed­ members of the Council, who usually couver. They pointed out that the the job up quick. Referring to some FAIIf) I 1 DAD Ml CM eral House. vote with the Labor members, con­ SOME RECENT unemployed was a menace to all of the criticism of the Hastings Park rUUIm LADVU lllljfl That city has made great strides tinue that practice, Labor will con­ those who were employed, because camp, Del. Bartlett said that he had j during the past three years and along trol the Council. Andy Davison was they could be used to batter down heard from many who had been there ARl* Fl Fl lFII with Calgary and Edmonton are on , second in the final count. P. R. was ELECTION FIGURES present wages and conditions. that the food and shelter was far laalll l_l_l_*l_-1 Lil/ the map so far as Labor is concerned. used. A South Vancouver delegate said better than some of the unemployed , Other parts ot Manitoba are also Both the Labor Party candidates Big Majorities Polled in Cal­ that he would not scab but the situa­ forging ahead. East Kildonan has a for the School Board Trustees, Tom allege it to be, and he was quite Edmonton Workers Put Three gary and Winnipeg for tion had become desperate because prepared to accept the statement of School Trustees Into Labor reeve, three councillors and Riley and R. B. Gale, were elected the municipality was able to meet the Aid. Scribbins and trades unionists. three school trustees. East Kildonan and along with Mrs. Carson elected Labor Candidates Office needs of only a small number of the Feeding the Plates has one labor councillor and St. last year as a Labor candidate, will unemployed. South Vancouver had James has one. The votes cast in the constituen­ Del. Showier said that he had James East, the Labor candidate make up the three Labor trustees. 860 organized unemployed, one of cies in the recent Federal Election been informed by a driver that it for the Edmonton City Council, was Besides the four Winnipeg Labor the latest being a banke teller. where J. S. Woodsworth and Wm. (.was a crime the number of parcels elected in the recent elections there. Legislators, Manitoba has seven Do the right thing this time; vote Another delegate complained of Irvine, the Labor candidates were that were sent from the Province He obtained second place with a others from various parts of the Labor. the situation among the single men elected, are as follows: "Christmas Fund" to high class vote of 4,968, the first place going country. at Hastings Park relief camp, but Winnipeg Centre — Woodworth, suites in- the West End instead of to to an independent candidate with his complaints were based on condi­ 7,774; Wilton, Liberal, 4032; Mclvor. the poor for whom it had been adver­ 5,814 votes. tions which were alleged to exist Conservative, 4034; Dick, Indepen­ tised. S. A. G. Barnes, Labor candidate JUNIOR LABOR more than ten days ago. SCRIBBINS RESIGNS dent, 2314; Anderson, Lib.-Conserva- Mrs. Dolk said that the woman headed the polls for the Board of tive, 1120. Extreme Destitution. delegate on the unemployed com­ School Trustees with 4,652 votes, FOOTBALL CLUB Calgary East—Irvine, 6424; Smith mittee had been in attendance at the and two other labor candidates were FROM LABOR PARTY A woman delegate informed the elected to the Board, giving Labor Conservative, 4156; Duncan Smith, meeting of the minimum wage council that there was extreme des­ three seats out of four. Not a sin­ Liberal, 3571. Board and had stated that the Trades Good Showing Made by New titution among a great many women gle Labor candidate waa on last Criticized for Actions on City Shaw, thc Farmer-Labor candidate Unions had outlived their usefulness. Team—Active in Many and children in the city and urged year's Board. - Council at Business. m for Calgary West beat R. B. Bennett, co-operation with the committee Mrs. Dolk pointed out that the only Other Ways /The Edmonton Trades and Labor Meeting of Party the government candidate, bq 16 which would meet again February 7. place where the minimum wage law Council moved into its new and lar­ The Spartican Football Club, an votes, polling 7269. In taking up the question the coun­ was being enforced was where the At a heated business meeting of j ger headuarters last week. Among „__• auxiliary of the Junior Labor league, women were organised in unions. the Federated Labor Party Tuesday cil decided to appoint delegates to -the speakers who addressed the meet­ has been getting into the limelight Those who believed that the revo­ Girls are being forced to work 1 evening considerable criticism was go into the situation with the unem­ ing were Hon. D. A. Ross, Labor M. lately on account of its success on lution was just around the corner hours a day, below the minimu; made by members upon Aid. W. J. ployed in the various districts and P.P. and Minister of Labor, and the football field. probably understand that it went up Scribbins fojr voting for the B. C. report back to the council at the wage, and being unorganised, Mayor Duggan. It was organised just previous to a dark alley before it was able to next business meeting, but with fired if they reported this to the mi Electric Ry. agreement made with the present season and has alreadv reach the corner. power to act on anything needing mom wage board. the city council last year and also won five games, made one draw and speedy attention. . -X Wat-knag far -Pia" Money for calling in the police at Hastings , lost three. It has also reached fifth Park unemployed relief station to Public Works Mrs. Mahon reiterated this NEW YORK JOINS place in the Junior Football Alliance eject certain individuals. in which there are ten teams. WOODSWORTH AT a pointing out that most of the girls' Del. Mattson said that one of the who are breaking down the minimum Members of the party took excep­ Besides the above, three members PACKERS'STRIKE 'I best ways to help relieve the situa­ wage act are those who are working tion to the agreement made by the of the team played an international COLUMBIA SOON tion was for the beautifying and just for "pin" money or for clothes. City Council with the B. C. Electric, game last Monday, on the Scottish building up of the province by means Tbe real working class girl suffers (er Fifty Thousand Are Now giving the company authority to team, beating the English team five of public works. A public causeway because of this and is unemployed Involved in Eleven raise its car fares to enable it to to one. McLean, of the Sparticans, Municipal Candidates Will make six per cent, profit. It was scored one of the goals. Two mem­ 'Address Meeting in Ref- across the Second Narrows was a because she has to ask for enough Cities in U.S. very desirable piece of work and to feed and clothe herself on and pointed out that the company could bers of the Spartican team played in Four ^thousand workers in New ence to Campaign would be an asset to the province. oftimes to pay room rent. use all kinds of subterfuges to show the Junior Alliance game against the York andVJersey City meat packing that its profits were below 6 per cent. J. S. Woodsworth, M.P., will speak Del. Hardy pointed out that the The committees appointed to meet sailors of H.M.S. Raleigh and de­ houses controlled by the "Big Five" The following ^resolution was in the Columbia Theatre next Sun­ frades Congress had favored National with the unemployed were McMillan, feated the sailors four to one. -Ithe ArmoV, Swift, Morris, Cudahy passed at the meeting to guide all day evening, Jan. 15. This is the Unemployment Insurance, and that Neelands and Coghill for South Van­ The team is composed of Knutsal and WilsonV companies—went on Labor candidates in future actions: last chance that Vancouverites will this measure Was to be pressed for as couver and Crawford, Welsh, Gra­ (goal), Lindsay (Capt.), Higgs, strike recently in protest against get to hear Mr. Woodsworth for some soon as the House at Ottawa con­ ham and George for Centre. Members Brown, Mundy, Paton, McConnell, the refusal Of the employers to con­ Public Ownership time, as he expects to leave for Ot­ vened. of the executive will get in touch Hollingsworth, McLean, Morrison and tinue collective bargaining in the "The Federated Labor Party tawa at any date. -t- Del. Bengough said that the coun­ with North Vancouver.. Taite. The executive is composed of industry. stands for the collective ownership Labor Party candidates will speak cil had been working on the unem­ The Hotel and Restaurant Em­ T. Snowden (trainer), Bob Higgs Strike in 11 Cities Now and democratic operation of the (manager), F. Higginbottom (secre­ in the F. L. P. Hall, 148 Cordova ployed problem for the past four ployees Union asked the council for means of wealth production and h e, , n The -walkout here came several j tary) and J. Richardson. Street W., on Sunday evening at 8 toucmonthh swit anh dth eha dmunicipal been i,n provinciaconstantl j| . P. _ straiKhtening out trouble at _ .a. . a * _. a _. i i holds that the city should own and p. m. and federal governments, i the Maryland Cafe. Dels Crawford, days after the .strike of butcher work- _ 'They play the Mount Pleasant ers in' Chicago and ten other Western Another meeting will be held in Del. Coghill said that the last ses­ Dolk and McKenzie were appointed r | operate all public utilities and should Methodists next Saturday at the K. packing centres. This was brought the General Gordon school on Mon­ sion of the Provincial legislature Nomination of Officers | have power to acquire and operate E. High School at 2.30. about by the refusal of the "Big day evening. was supposed to have been a special { referendumwhatever businesse, consides rth teo citizensbe in , thbey Tonight (Friday) the Junior La­ The following delegates were nom­ Five" to continue the so-called "Alts- At a rally held by the party last public welfare. The action of the bour League will hold an educational one to deal with the unemployed inated for the various offices for the chuler agreement," which provided Monday night J. S. Woodsworth gave candidates of the party for civic po­ meeting at 929 11th Ave E. Mem­ problem, but judging from the num­ coming term, further nominations for impartial arbitration between an interesting talk of the activities sitions will be determined upon these bers and others interested are in­ ber of unemployed in the city and and the election to take place at the the employers and the workers in vited to be on hand at 8 p.m. of Winnipeg workers during the re­ questions by this declaration." province nothing had been done. next regular meeting. case of disputes, -tie agreement ran Whist aad Daace cent campaign, showing what can be The next day the secretary of the Wants Quick Action President: Welsh (declined), Craw out last September. At that time the done b*y a little effort on the part of party received the resignation of Aid. Thursday, Dec. 29th, the league Del. Bartlett said that the unem- ford, Hardy. union asked for its renewal, but the everyone to put labor candidates into W. J. Scribbins from the party, thus held a whist drive aad dance, the pro­ employers refused. office. leaving him a free lance in the pre­ ceeds of which were allotted to the __iiiiiiiiiii»iiiiiiiMii»iHiiiii»ni»»iiil»iiiiiii»iiiiiiiiiiii»i»iiiiiiiiiiiiiiniiiiiiiinm_; Between 49,000 and 50,000 work­ benefit of the J.L.L and Spartacan F. sent campaign. ers are now on strike, in the meat C. The affair was a decided success MEXICO DEMANDS THE BIG? ISSUE AT THE CIVIC ELECTION packisjg industry. and will be repeated on Thursday, UNION MADE GOODS Washington—One and one-half Jan. 12th. at Cotillion Hsll. Danc­ There was quite a lot of non- million more jobs for adults would ing and whist will ensure everyone a (By Federated Press) starters in the present mayoralty be thrown open to relieve the unem­ good time, so a large turnout is ex­ PUBLIC WELFARE VS. CORPORATE INTERESTS WASHINGTON. — Wanted — A campaign bat no dark horses. Its ployment situation if child labor were pected. strictly union-made outfit for a cafe­ five thousand . to on^-thonsand in eliminated, Secretary of Labor Da­ Aay further information rosy be teria to serve 5,000 persons. FEDERATED LABOR PARTY many cases. vis told the United Press. obtained from Fair. 1610 or Fair. That's the suggestion which the 8040. CANDIDATES FOR ALDERMEN Mexican government has sent tha In- Vice-Pres.: Herrett (declined). r Columbus, Ohio.—A forerunner of tenational Association of Machinists Bartlett, Thom. what may be a nationwide plan to Diplomacy is the art of conceal­ here. The cafeteria is to be installed Seeretary: Bengough, Mahon (de­ force the "open shop" in coal mines ing what yon really mean by not PETTIPIECE, R. P. in ohe of the government depart­ clined), Nixon (declined). was seen here in the act of the Sou­ tellinga direct lie and inducing the ments in Mexico City. The machin­ (621 Lahawsad Drive) Treasurer: Showier. thern Ohio Coal Exchange in serv­ other fellow, who does not believe ists sre trying to find American Sgt. at Arms: Fisher (declined), ing notice on John L. Lewis, presi­ yon, to pretend that yon are telling il manufacturers who can supply the Wheatcroft (declined), Warde. dent of the United Mine Workers of the truth. When two or more who cooking and serving apparatus and TROTTER, W. R. Trustees: Bartlett, Nixon, Mahon, America, that Ohio operators would practice this trade get together yon utensils from shops fsir to organised (929 Eleventh Avenue Cast) Jenni, Skinner. not meet him at Pittsburg January have—well, you have diplomacy. labor. Statistician: George. I 6th. FOR SCHOOL TRUSTEE WHIST DRIVE and DANCE McINNIS, ANGUS Union Label Trades Monthly •of 1 Under Joint Auspices ef (3544 Prince Edward Street) Whist Drive and Dance Junior Labor League and Spartacan PLATFORM OF THE PARTY METAL TRADES Football Club THB FEDERATED LABOR PARTY ht af sacariag i-duatrial Ugialsllss. aad the Thursday, January 12th Cotillion Hall stie operation of tha Manns af wealth Friday, January 27, 8 p.m. Whist: 8:15 Dancing: 9 to 12 Cotillion Hall Tickets: Gents, 55c; Ladies, 25c Public from Labor's WT-_M Drive 8 to 10 Dancing 9 lo 12 i 'i Tickets: Gents' 50c; Ladies' 25c

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i PAGE TWO THE BRITISH COLUMBIA LABOR NEWS QUESTIONAIRE FOR ODD BITS Trades Union Directory (Conducted by Sydney Warren) CIVIC CANDIDATES I Secretaries are requested to keep ibis Directory up-to-date I Which? Trades Council to Quiz Aspir­ Vancouver Unions ft- ,„ t__Jf_***« »*}—President. Joha Which will you be. ants for City Offices on •J^"; ***«-reury. G«0- Annand. IMS vas.coov-a -imams AMD Albert Street. Meets at Labour Hall TEA Bond—slave or free? Questions Vital to Labor OOOaTCXXa—Pr«— :dent F. W. Welsh. _____< p.m. on first and third Friday. Through the year's span Secreury. I'. Bengough. Office SSS 'H "VUUfi ****• eSS--PTeeldea.t.J. THE FINEST The Vancouver Trades and Labor Labor HalL 31» Pender Street West. H. Robb; Secretary. Evan McMillan; Which will you heed— Phone Seymour 70S. Meeta In Labor »»laes» Agent. P. Bengough: Office Council is submitting the following Hall at > p.m. oa tha first and third , 8tT t Honor—or Greed, ?i*i__a!? -r.. ~ Wae_l_eeta at to all candidates in the forthcoming Taasday ta aaoatk The W. H. Malkin Mammon—or Man? .^bVieid:^ «• - "•*-«• — civic election, with a view to secur­ -roxLonro miw cot-men--Chstxaaa. Co., Ltd. a a flans. fsi.euiy. Say Maaaarsr. naiw-aa asm- —Berton Braley. ing for the information of the work­ Omae SIS Laser Hall Meets first and mm Wedaeatsy ta assess sa Lakes ataa. IsUM, Local Xo. 4(4—President. Vancouver ers in this community the attitude J. Smith: Secretary. & Showier. Sit Naiiaiuici Victoria Pander Street West. Meeta at lit Debs, World Citizen of the respective candidates towards Presidrnt. 3. Brightwetl: Sa-a-retary. W. Pander Street Weet at t p.m. on sec­ these issues: Bowron. ISIS Burns Ave. Meets at ond and fourth Fridaya In month. On Xmas Day Eugene Victor Debs Jit Pender Street West on second PAXSTTa-a. -aSsDOmATOS-S a S>4 We suggest that these questions Monday of each month at I p.«s. was set free but denied his American -aameai. Local No 111- Angus Mclnnis. who is running again be repeated at meetings of the vari­ 3. Kins*: Fla. See- a A. Baker: _ citizenship. When questioned re­ 3. McMillan. 14S Cerdeea Sweet. —— ous candidates. F. P. Ginuh: Secretary. W. II Mc­ for school trustee, also lost by a few garding his loss, the veteran Ameri­ at lit Cordova Street, at S p m. ea THE BX. LABOR NEWS Answers to these questions will be Lean. ISIS Broadway Wee*. MeaU second and fourth Thursdays la month. votea. can Socialist gave an answer that at (19 Perder Streat Wast at S p m This year, however, there is every printed and circulated among organ­ every third Tueaday In month. Boca* sUHl »••• laocal No. Sett— Official f _»a of tha Vancouver Trades will remain a classic. It follows: President. W. H. Pollard: Secretary. ized labor. and Labor Council aad AffiUatad indication of all of them getting "My citizenship? Where my star Local No. 1XS—Preaident. C. K. Her­ X. H. Vernon. Boa SIS.* Meets at Sit Unions. seats, provided Labor goes to the Are you in favor of the eight-hour rett: Seeretarr. A R Jenn:e. US Pender Street West. Vancouver, at t war, behold my sun! I am not a Camble Street. Meets Room SIS. SIS p—L on every Friday of month. polls instead of staying at home and day, and the forty-four hour week, Pender Street Weat. at 7.It p.m. on Control 'Committee: F. W. Welsh. P. citizen of the United States, but a •OTO snsWa-aVataUr* Local No. It— leaving it to George. The poll will with the union rate of wages paid seeond and fourth Tuesdays la month. Prealdent.. F. Looney: Secretary. Gor­ R. Bengough. and W. J. Bartlett. citizen of the world. don Blwards. 17IS Fifth Aveaao Weat. be.heavy this time on account of the to all civic employees? "It is not strange that a man , Loeal No. lit—President. Meets at World Itulldlna. Vancouver. race for mayor, and the plutocrats Are you in favor of the insertion W. J. Rarflett. Secretary. T McHugh. at S pm. on Saturday of each 1-ahKshsd Oaca a Mo-lb at Labor should lose his citizenship in a sys­ MM Sixth Avenue Weat. Meeta at will be out in vast numbers in order of a clause in all contracts let by Hall. 319 Paader Si. Waat tem that condemns him as a felon. SIS .'Paader Street Weat at S p m. on laocal Xo. ••— Pra_den, Chariee Keall. to select their favorites, so it be­ the City, covering the eight-hour day third Tueaday of each Secretary. Alfred Harry. Stl Thirty- Vancouver. B.C. There is a consistency about • that fourth Avenue East. Meeta at Sit hooves labor to go to the polls in and forty-four week and the union Pender Street West, at t p.m. oa flrat Telephone» Seymour 'OS'-Wo which is perfectly admirable. Wedneaday la month. full force, also in order to offset the rate of wages? President. R. ~ "A man who is a convict for his Fraser. Room SSS. SIS Ps-derVStreet iaf MSsTsT— avtnaattaa, O. Subscription Bates: plutocratic votes that will not be Are you in favor of all civic work Weat. Meeta at SIS Psndee Street ran •1.50 per year by mail In Canada convictions is everywhere a citizen Secretary. 3. U Irvine: Boat- cast for the labor candidates. being done by day labor and the West, at S p.m. oa flrat and third Heys: _ . •2.50 par year onts.de Canada in good standing. Mondays of each month abolition of contract work wherever nesa Agent. E. A. Goddaid. Stt Advert—lag Bates upon application Both R. P. Pettipiece and W. R. "He is a citizen by virtue of his Richards Street. Meeta at Sit Pander Trotter are members of the Typo­ possible? ' Local No. SSS — Preeldent. Street West on first and third Mon- own God-given inherent sovereignty. A-d'.ey. Secretary. Tom Cory, its day In month at I p.m. W. WATTS - Editor and Manager graphical Union and well known in Will you, if elected, do your ut­ Vernon Drive. Meeta at SIS F—-—. Local X*. 170—Presideat. Bert Stirsheeae; The only man who loses his citizen­ Street Weat at S p.m. on flrat Tueaday Secretary. J, Crswtber; Beaissss Acent. the city, and need no further intro­ most towards securing the immediate FRIDAY, JANUARY «. ship is a man who renounces his prin­ in month. P .W. Welsh. Office SOI Leber HalL installation of Comfort Stations in Meets st Sit Pender Street West, at S duction. ciples, abdicates his manhood and is this city? yea, ee aaraed aad feerth Fridays. Angus Mclnnis,'the F.L.P. candi­ an apostate to his ideals." (kXaltSSUUHO l*a*Ba~_—TIOM, Local STRIKE AVERTED date for school trustee, is a member Are you in favor of having the No II—President. Roy A. Parry: See­ • • • reUry. Alexander Murray. 1414 Tenth By a vote of 814 against 503 the of the Street Railwaymen's Union in City Charter amended so as to en­ Avenue Weat. MeeU at ttt Fender able the citizens to elect the Police . Local No. tT Street West, at 7:3t p.m. on fourth employees of the B. C. Electric Rail­ the city, is a smart young man and New Lamps for Old. a Biaasie: Secretary. Tuesday of month. way Co. of Vancouver, New West­ Commissioners instead of the pres­ Roy Maeaeear. Sit Peodu Street West. a,student of many years' training in Science's most recent discoveries MeeU at Sit Pander Street Went, at PSBI.HMsTAaT COMMT—TB—T. >_.d minster and Victoria decided to ac­ the Labor movement. His election, add proof to the contention that there ent method of appointment? •»•. ascend end fearth Meaday. Csslnaaa. W. 3. Bartlett Secretary. Mrs. cept the award of the Arbitration, and that o—f th— e Labor part. ,y candi Are you in favor of a Municipal . Local l«t—President. W. Makes Meets ta reesa SIS Later Hall is nothing new under the sun. Gen­ Oeo. Mowat: SeereUry. Frank Milne. ea the flrat aad third Thursday la Board which means a reduction in ; dates for aldermen will, we are sure, eral ignorance alone accounts for the owned Hydro Electric Plant? Bos til. MeeU at Sit Pender Street awash at S a—- wages of 10 per cent. While a pre- j be in the best interests of the city Are you in favor of the cancella­ Waat at t p tn. every third Wednesday novelty. M. Loisel informed the In month. Local N-a «» President. S. W Myers; vious vote gave every indication of a j of Vancouver. Acadamie des Sciences, Paris, that tion of the license of any business; CIVICBatTX-OTSIS. Local Xo. IS— Secretary. R B Stephenson. Box ttt. MeeU at 11! Haatlnsa Street. Vancou­ strike, this failed to materialise upon j Neither the Labor Party nor the operated by Asiatics, in which white President. J. White: SeereUry. G. he had discovered in the mineral wa­ Harrison. Office Its Cordova Street ver, at I p.m. on aecond Tueaday in month. a strike vote being taken. The men j Trade Union movement has any offi- ters at Bagoles, a new" substance help is employed? Went Meeta at 141 Cordova Street Are you in favor of the cancella­ West at t p m. oa the flrat and third • STI.aOSn MMmOTMBS. Division No. have not accepted this reduction will- cial candidate in the field for mayor. which shows powerful properties of Friday In month. St—President. A. N. Lowes; Secretary, ingly. but realize that under present! radio-activity. He has given the tion of the license of any business ftiarles Bird. ZtSt Union Street. Local No MeeU at I.O.O.F HalL SIS Hamilton conditions a strike would in all like- j MAKING A GOOD START substance the name "Emilium." Al operated by white people, in which St—President. II A. Black: Seeretary. Street, at t p.m on first Monday la Aid. W. 3. Scribben. City HalL Meets month. ^ lihood be of long duration and weak-; Franc_ _nd ^^ a_e ^^ _ most at the same time M. Calmette, Asiatiss are employed? at 14B Cordova Street West, at t p m. on first Wednesday of each month. en the union thereby eliminating all j _ „,„__ Will you, if elected, do all that .WAT OOBTDOCTOaa. Division Na dip!oIMtic fight over Ger||U Deputy Director of the Pasteur In-i -..,' ~~ —.— -rasa, tuaortuuu-oox*. Loci! 2(7—President. G. W. Hatch: Secretary chances of an early recovery of lost ^ EngUnd aUo wants t_ ..he,p., 4SS—President Geo. H. Hardy: Sec­ J. R Phyelck list Thurlow Street. stitute, announced that he had found i Voo^ possibly can towards the elim- retary. W. J. Johnston: Husinesa Meets at I.O.O.F. Hall on first Sunday Ton [ drug ring" from thb at S p.m.. and on third Thursday at •* - - " j Russia, but France is strenuously op a means of making the microbe of! ,na>lon bf the Hr"" """' ' tl" Acent. G. C. Thom. Office Stt Labor city? HalL Meeta seeond and fourth Mon­ t p.m %* posed to the plan, having spent more tuberculosis (the Koch bacillus) in day atjjp—L^ta Labor Hall (a) By the deportation, where BAtLWAT -AXMKsT. Ledce Be. tt—-Preei- THE NEW GOVERNMENT ! than England in financing wars capable of causing tuberculosis, or CAKr-Ua-Tna tMaLOSMtTSP. Be. dent. T. Soaaaaer-ille; Secretary, a J. possible, of all convicted of drug Siaaca. PusHaal. T. 8. Oeeae: » Seasesa. SSS0 Sherbreoke St Meeta 1st The make-up of the King cabines[ aganist Russia. America and Japan in other words making the microbe aad Srd Pridaye. le CetilKoa HalL peddling. -•aa Arent. Aran a MacSa-asa: Seeretary. has every indication of being the nu­ .-.re not going to come out of the produce its own antidote. Now if a 0. Webber. IdS lttt Ave. W. Meete (b) By the elimination of fines r-id sad Stt Tuesday al t p as ia MP —PreeMent. C A. Mitchell; Secretary. cleus of another reactionary ma­ Washington conference on good some other scientist will come for­ Hsll and the substitution thereof of a D. A. Monro. 7t Seventh Avenue Weat. chine. While we had some hopes terms. China appears to have every ward with a means by which • the Be. t Branch.—Secretary. W. Bray. SO Meets at I.O.o.F_ HalL_Hamilton Street heavy jail sentence. lttt Ave. W. Meets 1st aad Srd Tees- at 7 Jt p.m. on flrat Tueaday aad S:St that the Progressives might line up reason to be up in arms over the world workers will be forced to think day at S a as. ia F LP. Ran. let Osrdsee p —wo cn third Tea-day. Are you in favor of a qnarterly with the government in an effort to "agreements" being formulated by and act with greater intelligence St. W. inspection of the housing accommo­ _-_J—Preaident •". F. <". Ctals. offset the reactionary section of Lhe the same gang of spoilers. Russia than has heretofore been the case, he Local No. 1ST—Presi­ dation of the Asiatics, with a view dent. G. Thomas: Seeretary. R. 3. So-foUry. Geo. Gray. ItSt Flrat Ave. Liberals and help release the coun­ is alleged to be preparing for an at­ will be hailed as the greatest of them Cralc St Kootenay Street. MeaU at jfeeU at Eaclee* Hall. Vancou­ to a more rigid enforcement of the sit Pender Street West, at I p.m. ea ver at Z:St p.m. on flrat and third try from the grip of the manufac­ tack upon Finland-'. Spaniards and all. flret Tuesday la Sundays la month. City Health and Building By-laws? turing and financial interests, it J Greeks are fighting In Africa, and so * * * . Local JIS— . Lseel He. SSS—President. W. In view of the B. C. Electric Ry. Presideat. D. W. McDou»all; Seeratary. seems as though the farmers were a 'are the Spaniards and Moors. .Serbs "The Order of the Bar" ; Secretary. Kit Bbselsr. Office Co. having reduced its operating ex­ F. R Burrowa: Business Acent. KM. little skeptical of their leader. Mr •and Albanians are fighting in the James Buchanan of Buchanan's Morrison. Ofnee 14S Cordova Street penses by lowering the wages of its West. MeeU at ItS Cordova Street Crerar and decided to take no chances j Balkans. England is fighting the whiskey fame, was made a peer, pre­ Weat at t p.an. every Monday. ~ — •"——. Agent* R. employees, will you oppose any fur­ MeeU at T p.m. every in throwing their best. spokes-men! Moplars and Northern Tribes of In- sumably for his services to the Em­ . taoeal Na It— Preel- .y at Its Cordova Street Waat ther concessions being made to this dsnt. Percy Ties las: Seeretary. Chas. into the machine which might betray i di*- Tne Wababites are fighting the pire. Only two people in Canada A. WMtaoa. Na I Fire HalL Twelfth Company until the street car Cares them. Shammer in Arabia. This is just a were given New Year's handles. It aad Quebec Streets. Vancouver. MeaU Na «7«~ Prealdent. Frank , are reduced in conformity with the at Sit Pander Streat weat. Secretary. T. J. Haaafla. SSTt Sixth The chances Tor industrial reforms little of the progress we are making has occurred to us that the reason Avenue Waat. Vancouver. Mania at wage reduction? -•-, i--, Laeal NoTiH ttl Seymour Streat, Vancouver, at SSt or beneficial labor legislation ia very in the year 1922. Wars, preparations for this must be that Baths are be­ ___Pres'.lent. Mia. W. Mahon: Seeratary. Ada llawkeworth. SSI« Fleminc Street. p.m. oa flrat Sunday la month alight in onr opinion, ao it behooves for war and war clouds. Millions coming too common and Garters are MeaU at Labour Hall at t pm. oa flrat Thursday la asonttu tabor to get together at once in the starving in various parts of the world, almost universally worn. To meet TERRE HAUTE, Ind.—The Mayor Na tit—Preeldent. --.-in. Meeta at Sit Pat- formation of a strong, virile labor with food and clothing piled high in his contingency we suggest that, since of Terre Haute, Charles R. Hunter, -President. Harry Wood: \ancoiiver. at T.lt p m. on ,uuK, .iiut- uiuur »"" iwiu -iiu ciouiing piiea nign in bars are becoming rare in Canada a in a personal letter to President SeereUry. Andy Graham. Ill Seymour and fourth Tueadaya to meath. movement, capable not only of hold- factories and warehouses. An acute Street. Meete at 441 —,——-~ . Streat new order be instituted called "The Harding has asked for the release of flrat aad third Wedneadsy at S:St. ing Ua own on the industrial field unemployed situation in practically Second end fourth Wedneaday at t:St. Most Gracious and Distinguished Or­ Debs, whom he designates as an Bayley: Seeratary. A Blrale. Mlt bat also of capturing the powers of, every ..country and the "diplomats" Commercial Drive. Meets at Sit government a..t al. l th..e . forthcomin-- - g I __,,! "statesmen" absolutely incapable der of the Bar." Canada, then, might "honest and honorable citizen" and Local No. I«T—President. A. B. Ftnly, der Street Weat at t p m. oa elections with the object of legislat­ be able - i "a man that we honor and love.** SeereUry. A. P. Surcee. ttt Flfty- Monday In month. of relieving the situation. And we to supply a fair share of, ^ j^^ seventh Avenue Eaat- Meets at Sit ing in its own interests. The MtyoT knoym 40 yw8 call it civilization. Commanderifirns ananidl Companionsf!/an.raoniaaaa«, an•ai.dl I - - Holden Building. Vancouver, at t n.m. as friend and neighbor, and says he aw flret and third Fridaya la month. perhaps a goodly number of Grande IHtllimtl. Local So. tt—Preei ed Association of. Division No. Itl— speaks for the great majority of his dent. H. J. Rhodes: Secretary. H Wal Prealdent. R. Rlgby: Secretary. P. B. POWER OF UNITY MEETING THE STRINGENCY Dames. Griffin. t!7 Sixth Avenue But. Van- fellow citizens in asking his release ker. let! Pendrel! Street, MeeU at couver. MeeU A.O.F. Halt. Mount Calgary today gives one of the Room Stt. Sit Pender Street Weat at The next issue of the Labor News in time to spend the coming Christ­ t t».m. on third Wedneaday In month Pleasant at 10 15 am. on flrat Mon- beat examples of unity in the labor day and T pm. on third Monday. will be published on Friday, Febru­ Washington—The Interstate Com­ mas with his family . Brother­ movement that any city in the Dom­ ary 10. This is done on account of merce Commission today refused to hood or. Division No SSt—Preeldent. ITOaTB I, III I IBS. Local ltl—Preal­ rs. P. Boston: SeereUry. H. A. B- Mec- dent. C. Holmes. SeereUry. F. Rumble. inion has shown. the business depression through which permit Henry Ford to reduce freight PoaaML 1SZI Peadril! St.. Vancouver IM Oothard Street. MeeU ta Labor Washington—Senator Tom Wat­ Hall Vancouver at t p m. first Toea- In spite of the fact that it was we have passed, and which, from all rates on coal 20 per cent, along the Meet* at IO.O.P. Hall en assent sad son of Georgia, has offered to pro­ Fourth Tuesdays la each month at I _day in month. ___^ practically the birth-place of the appearances, will continue for an- line of his railroad, the Detroit, Tol­ ta duce more than 100 witnesses before I fOJMt. Sjalim wo. l» One Big Union movement, that city I other month or two edo and Ironton, on the ground that !*q__ao-i-a HB_BB_BM asm snt- ...... M. Brine; Seeretary. the special Senate committee to sWaTSIataST. Local No. ttt—President. ita O.B.I".. but in its place j Not only docs the Labor News find the reduction would discriminate J. Cunntocham. Box till. Vancou­ prove his charges that the American T. McKwea: Sail alary. II. O. Oamphell ver. BC. ia a solid industrial and political it almost impossible to obtain busi­ against other mining territories, the Ttt Helmrken Stl eat.. Vancouver soldiers were brutally treated, hang­ MeeU at inor. HalL oa flret movement. The trades anion move­ ness advertising to help cover the product of which is sold in cities in third ——' *----- r. . ed without trial or shot and killed by l stt ment there is not only solid, bat coot of publishing the paper, but the this territory. strong. The Labor party has been their officers ia France. continual drainage upon the treasur­ , in snsSaP SSlSss. Laeal Na ITS Pi eat able ta cater election contests minus ies of the Trades Unions oa account 1 at 1*1 Cer- deal, B A Lawaaa. itts Sum ear The new Canadian nickel will not l **•»*. at • p m, aa first sad Street: SeereUry C. McDeoaM. P. a the competition' and opposition of of wage reductions, threatened strikes Vote for Labor Forty caadidatas Box ttS MeeU at lit Pender Street boy any more because it is bigger. vt'set. al I p m. aa flrat Mender la the Socialist Party or another labor and relief to unemployed members, Party. The platform of the Party These things arevonly sent to fool us. has had its affect upon the finances ia conformity with the _ . Local Sit—Preeldent . —- , of the paper, and although the Labor are lacking. The four columns of C H. Collier: Secretary aad Sash.tea of the average worker. It did not jfan i, not in debt at the present Hasp tha Cigar Makers of Agent. R. N. Naaamada: Office ttt to­ small advertisements in this paper ore -L I • * -* make the "abolition of the present Time, if it continues to publish it wiU to be inserted only once a nionth and of production*" its one and incur a debt that will not be easily Cigare only plank It went into every elec­ were obtained through a contract st w. 3. Park: covered. We, therefore, deem it bet- with the Labor Press Asosciation n: Buelneee Acent. tion to win. at Itt Leaden Building at a-.St tea ttTVut cTpensea by this method, of Seattle, ao are not a continuous And what has been the result? Friday ta month. than to pUe up a deficit that will im­ source of revenue. We feel sure, Kurtz & Go. A labor representative far Calgary 1 Oeot_e:' SeereUry. 3. O. Keefe: pede the "progress of the paper later however, that just as soon as the MSB Arent. P. Benirouirh: OtTlee in the Provincial House. Two Far­ Employing Sit Pender Street Went. Meeta at Sit in the year. merchants find conditions improving Provincial Unions mer-Labor candidates for Calgary Pender Street Weat at t.tt p.m. aa It hi oar intention to resume the 1878. aecond and fourth Thoreday. Stt—President C Sleverts. 1T1I aad vicinity for the Federal House- they will seek the patronage of the weekly publication just as soon as VI MS—Preeldent. wardDenma. IMn StreetS Carin; aSecretar Street. y _E. . Wood- Five Labor members on the City readers of the Labor News through Bowyar; Seeratary A Jam at • conditions warrant it. and inasmuch Ash for XffsMi Building MeeU at Moose am. oa flrat aad third *-~- Council aad three Labor membt its columns. They cat their over­ In month at Tradeo Hall. Broad Street. •as UBB may mean another two or Hall. Homer Street, at It am. oa on the Board of School Trustees. head expenses at the'present time by PANETELAS AND second Sunday in month. vwioaiA ftl 'three months, oa account of the first catting down advertising and we must rncatTBs ista_nuuMF«_rM_ro- Calgary smtkets ore obtaining po­ , ,, , , , Dmm Ml.—PrteMsal C. three months of tbe year always be­ follow suit by cutting out some edi MONARCHS _*• h^ ff- ** *-• • Caalln: Secre­ wer and their legislators are men aad tary. W. Donaldson. IM Mala Su meet tary-lneseter. W. H. Oiard. aaaa sen. a ing bad for business, we hope that tions of the paper. •I T P-av. am and third Wednesday. , , mmm women who know their trot position S2?"____! _f__.• S -*• *>"— oar many readers and supporters will thereby giving a punch to in human society. Poster rates were greatly increas­ Hall. Breed Street. a D. bear with us for the time being. McDonald. Prince Rupert- isiasii ed on the first of January, which unf air shops. G Waddell. Box ttsTprta*^.!.. If it is possible to build up our Meets nt Carpeotere* IU11 « Second THE CITY ELECTONS adds to the expense, 10 CIGARS c and fourth Tuesdays of eadh month. Job Printing business, we wfll en­ hold a Whist Drive and Dance in the The following places are ma under While the scramble for the office . .—-dent J. Lot—an. Neleoa; deavor to issue the paper after each non-union conditions and are therefore of Mayor has somewhat petered out Tbe Labor News will not go out of SeereUry. Felix Peseril. Box Mt Nat- meeting of the Trades Council. Your existence; it ft in the field to stay, funfair to organized labor. to just a few candidates, there is a Stettler Cigar Factory, tnaking Van Loo help in this respect will be appre­ and when it resumes regular publica­ -— Preeldent Js_ large number in the race for alder­ Have vour NEXT: SUIT and Van Dyke Cigar*. tMe. Reveistoke: SeereUry. Phllta ciated and will enable as to resume tion we hope to make it a bigger and Parker. Box SSt. Revel stoke. Meeta men. Labor, however, is in the field made by— Capitol Cafe. 930 Granville St at t p m. at City Hall. Revetatoke. aa the weekly publication that much better paper. In tbe meantime you again with candidates for aldermen White t-t-oitt the second aad foarth Satarday af quicker. and your organization are urged to Electrical Contractors. » "-- ath. aad" one for school trustee. Lost Perry & Dolk .Steady business advertising it lend financial and moral support to C H. Peterson. 1814 Pandora St. year labor elected one alderman aad essential to the existence of al- make the weekly issue possible again TAILOHS "ume k Rmnble. Columbia St, New ' v loot oat only by a few votes, j aay paper, aad this is what ait Room 33, 18 Hastings St. W. Wettminster. B.C at on early date. i Next to Pantages a The Chilliwack Dectric Co, Ltd, THE BRITISH COLUMBIA LABOR NEWS PAGE THREE

iiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiMiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiimnimmimiiiiim robbers, murderers, and the wnole variety of human driftwood which capitalist society casts up have un­ FRAME-UP RING dergone a wonderful transformation. COOPERATION "LAID OFF" The guards, accustomed to the old Two Short Words, Bridgiag tbe Calf Between BUSY AT TRIAL Patronize Our Advertisers and Tell Them Why s'ystem of punishments, have like­ COMFORT aad POVERTY wise been transformed. • Have you protected yourself and your family against such • Debs did not look down on these Attempts Hade to Influence Jury an emergency, with a SAVINGS ACCOUNT—the most valuable men. Debs did not look up to them. KB Anti labor Film Asset s man can have for the "RAINY DAY." j He was one of them, no better and Acton* TriaL WILSON'S Pierre Paris We STRONGLY RECOMMEND you to start such an account ' no worse. There was no sanctimoni­ AT ONCE, at one of our City Branches. ous preaching of "sin." Nothing SAN FRANCISCO—Its stench " °t3Sr SHOES HASTINGS AND SEYMOUR Geo. S. Harrison. Manager. more than sympathy, affection, un­ foaling the air of San Francisco and Wilson's Twin Shoe Store ft:ft FOOTWEAR Cordova at Abbadl Main a. 2Sth Ave. Mala A Rrondway derstanding and eagerness to give \ the State of California, the San Fran­ 157-159 HASTINGS STREET W. 51 HASTINGS STREET W. Wears Yaa Will Receive Prompt aad Courteous Attention of what he had to restore these men cisco Frame-up Ring has again drag­ to the human attributes which had ged Justice into the mire and once been burned out of them by the fires more organized interests make Cali­ Union Bank of Canada fornia appear before the world, a P.S.—If you are living in a community not provided with of a living hell. CHINA AND TOYS Eugene V. Debs, kissing a negro vile-smelling buffoon simperingly BRAND'S Banking facilities, address ua by mail, and we will be glad to DOLL HOSPITAL guide you in respect to "Banking by Mail." murderer, and that negro in tears mouthing all her cheap, stock phrases as he shook—the hand Of the only about "evenhanded Justice, impar­ tially administered to those of both SEEDS Millar & Coe iiMiiiiiiiiiiuiiiiiiiiiiiuiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiMiimn»»nmmnnnmnnmnmnmH-m» man that had been able to approach I Issssssd him in long years of bitter and sul­ high and low degree." This latest 723 ROBSON STREET 41* HASTINGS STREET W. len despair, make a scene to move frame-up is in connection with the one to the most profound reflections. trial of "Fatty" Arbuckle. <<••••»..•••*»•••*•*»*«••• WHAT OTHERS SAY I How shallow js-the formal profession Sheriff Tampers With Jury of love and brotherhood and religion During the balloting, Mrs. Hub­ Potts & Small In these columns there will be printed every week the :: I AEGERE :; LIMITED and the virtues made by those who bard declares, Fritze passed out to leading editorials from other newt-papers and magazines never knew what it was to be merely reporters, officials and the defense Men's Furnishingii I* J [ MEN'S WEAR human, when contrasted with ^his ballots indicating horn the vote was ;; Cuthbertsons & Co-|0 ; • 717 PENDER STREET W. THE DRUMHELLER STRIKE DEBS. THE HUMANIST scene! . going. The ballots indicated that Just Around the Corner Frosn Il 648 Granville 619 Heatings W. ]| I Itch Rents. The Call has often referred to Mrs. Hubbard stood firmly for con­ The exaggerated stories sent out j No man in the history of the Unit- Debs in these columns as the Great viction. What happened then? Here to the daily press regarding the strike j ed States has ever won the unique Humanist. He is just that. He ac- are tbe charges: accomplished more in the two years of miners in Drumheller have turned j distinction that Eugene V. Debs re- Private Detect.ea Ac t ive MASON _ RiscMTD. out to be the attempt of an enter- ceived at Atlanta. Debs does not and eight months he was confined in ARKLEY & T. W. Hubbard. Mrs. Hubbard's From Factory a prising reporter to make much ado j call himself religions, yet he is toler- Atlanta Penitentiary than has been HAYWOOD. about a peacefully conducted strike j ant of the faith of every human accomplished in all the prisons of husband, an attorney, is approach­ against a company that has broken ; being. He is simply human, which the United States by all the "reform­ ed by Olive over the telephone who Ammunition,»Guns ers" in our history. His experiment demands that Hubbard instruct his I its 'agreement with its employees. is something rare in an inhuman Fishing Tackle Pianos, Player- Pianos| wife to vote for acquittal. When The press reports relating the fact world. By being merely human he has shown the way. Yet it was not 69 CORDOVA STREET WEST 728 GRANVILLE STREET Hubbard questioned bow a vote Phonographs that union officials had been arrested has wrought what some would call a conscious experiment. Debs was and bloodshed had almost taken a miracle in the Atlanta Peniten- in prison what he always was out of could be passed to a juror, Oliva place gave the impression to the av-: tiary. Yet what he accomplished was prison, the elemental and human answered: erage reader that tbe mine workers; the most natural thing in the world, being so rare in the history of the "I can attend to that. Just give MURPHY £HOE race. RICKSON'S had resorted to violent methods. As j Criminologists, alienists, patholo- the note to a member of tbe sher­ GOOD fc-* _-._ a matter of fact, the strike has been: gists, and legal experts, to say noth- The workers of this country are iff's office.** CENTS' FURNISHINGS Ur Co. most peacefully conducted and the. ing of prison wardens and chaplains, fortunate in having given Eugene V. "Fixer" Threatens to Raia Hubbard SHOES price£M_r*s Ltd. arrest of a miner official apparently | have puzzled their brains and writ- Debs to the nation to shame the pyg­ Hubbard also charged that Oliva 840 GRANVILLE STREET 882 GRANVILLE STREET was the result of the activities of a ! ten books upon prison reform. They my minds and ape-men who have warned him through a go-between Near Rabena Street newly appointed and over-zealous jhave classified and indexed crimes never really left their remote shaggy that if he did not do what he was J. P. and criminals. They have studied ancestors of prehistoric times.—New instructed, he would be ruined. It is gratifying to learn that the both with minute care for genera- York Call. The woman juror also charged U B ELECTRIC CEO. B. KERFOOT other operators of the Red Deer Val- tions. The so-called "criminal" has that Lieut. William W. Lambert, of 1 SUITS •* Men's ley will not make any attempt to, baffled them all. the San Francisco police force and muinC0MpANy reduce wages but will live up to the; Prison regime itself has become a ' a MEMBER OF THE OLIVA FIRM Headquarter* far All Made to Clothing and agreement with District 18, which thing of horrors. Ignorance, brutal- Correspondence tried to communicate with her while Measure Furnishings does not expire until March of the ity, malice and hate have brooded i in the courtroom oh several occa- ELECTRICAL COODS ISS HASTINGS STREET EAST present year. The action of the Cal-! over the prisons. Men and women With the splendid examples of sue-1 sions_ she -^ substantiated by 414 HASTINGS STREET W. lie mine in breaking their agreement have been broken and sunk to abys- cess attending public ownership of j Bailiff Harry McGovern. who said he at this time is deserving of a severe mal depths by prison environment, hydro-electric systems in Canada. • M_ Lambert watching Mm. Hubbard THOS. FOSTERS CO., LTD. rebuke and it is to be hoped that the j Punishment has been 'the one resort with abundant water power at ourjon ^ jaror ^ Md ^A fro^t THE CAMERA & ARTS workers in other parts of the Prov- • of keepers for maintaining discipline, door; with the cost of development j t_,t u.-^ -^ tryiag to get „ Fashion-Craft fast approaching normal and with the ^^ ^ . ince will help the Drumheller miners j Men and women have become mis- her Urflbert w cen Burberry Durward certainty of greatly increased future \ ^ ^ p . M'DAMj Developing QUALITY by refusing to purchase coal mined j shapen things, broken and barren of smd mo by oiice Com O'Coats CLOTHES O'Coats by non-union labor. In the mean-j hope, under this regime. The pri- demand for electrical energy, surely mission because of his connections Picture Framing this is the time for action time District 18 is standing behind sons have become offshoots of hell with the Oliva brothers. One Sta—e •10 GRANVILLE STREET Only 514 Granville St. the striking miners in their determin­ wherein inmates have been turned Cheap Power in Winnipeg Sat on Steps Near Jadgtt'a ation to resist a wage reduction into beasts. Winnipeg with her hydro-electric How brazen the efforts were to brought about by a breaking of the Yet, low as they might sink, they "fix" the Arbuckle jury is revealed system reduced rates from twenty H.STARK agreement between the miners and are capable of rising and becoming cents per killowatt hour to three and in the comment of one of tbe news­ M. J. Cameron the employees. more human than the society that one-third cents per killowatt hour for paper men who was present at tbe YALE The over-zealous Justice of thej thrusts them behind the walls. AU light, and one cent per killowatt hour trial: Peace who swore in special constables that is required is to throw the text­ for domestic heat and power, leas ten "Gas Oliva visited the Arbuckle Clothes ~ Cordova 305 Hastings CHQE and placed firearms in their hands books of the criminologists, alien­ per cent discount; and reduced the trial in company with Police Lieut. Street M 6 Wool Street Waat should bc dealt with by the Attorney ists, pathologists and legal experts rate to large consumers for indus­ Lambert. The two sat on the steps TORE General's Department. We do not into tbe ditch and allow human be­ trial purposes to one-half cent per leading up to the judge's beach. In Men want any West Virginia tactics in this ings to take charge of these hells. killowatt hour; and on a capital ex­ passing them the jurors were close MimiHIIIHIIIIIIIIIIH Province and the tendency to incite Eugene V. Debs baa carried oat one penditure of 98,942,430.00 laid aside enough to brash their knees." violent methods in connection with a of the greatest experiments of all in reserve $2,406,145, and also a Besides her charges of intimida­ ! J. A. Flett, Ltd. f peaceful withdrawal of labor must time daring his nearly three years revenue surplus at the end of 1920 tion. Mrs. Hubbard asserted that E.C.KILBY ' HARDWARE be nipped in the bad.—Alberta Labor .] in prison. of almost $300,000.00. The Comp­ Foreman Fritze and others used third • Tool*. Cw-tlvry News. It is admitted by all who know troller (Winnipeg) assured me that degree methods against her. HOSIERY Goods the facts that the influence of this this development never cost the Win­ Fatty most stand a second trial Specialist 339 HASTINGS STREET W. Help increase the labor represen­ man has brought about a remarkable nipeg taxpayers one nickel. January 9 and this will afford the 628 GRANVILLE STREET tation on the School Board. Vote change in the Atlanta Penitentiary. IIIIIIHIIIUHMMIIHIII Toronto Saves $22,000,000 millionaira anti-labor movie interests Forgers, petty thieves, dope addicts. for Mclnnis. Toronto, on an expenditure of another opportunity to prime wit­ $11,000,000 showed a saving in rates nesses and pervert evidence to assure S. H. HARNOCK to their own consumers in ten years an acquittal. W.S. CHARLTON. CO. Vancouver of $22,000,000.00, in addition to the I ahar Baiters Active LIMITED enormous amount saved the consum­ Union labor is interested in tbe Specialists in Hardware Co. TN these days Goodenough falls ers of private company through the Arbuckle trial from another highly Young Men's Lfasntoa. significant aspect. While theatrical 662 forced reduction of rates. Engin­ Clothing and Granville 867 GRANVILLE STREET eers have estimated the cost of elec­ stage employees were having their Haberdashery • '-' by the wayside trical energy at Vancouver to be less woges slashed from one to three dol­ Street than one-fifth of a cent per killo­ lars a day at the Hollywood and Los and Dothebest watt hoar. Angeles movie studios and their W. C. Stearman working day increased from eight to "The People's Hardware Merchant* Cheap Vancouver Hydro-Electric D. K. BOOK, LTD. is first at]the tape. ten hoars, Arbuckle's employers, the sole agent for too CORRECT CLOTHES FOR The estimated cost of development Lasky Famous Players Company * Monarch Malleable] MEN at Winnipeg for an initial installment which led ia the assault upon organ­ I JO. of 20,000 horse power was $3,250,- ised labor, and other motion picture 137 HASTINGS STREET W. Yaa let tired of tbe 000.00, while we have an estimate by interests were using huge sums, pay- •IS GRANVILLE STREET engineers of the cost of development lawyers and oa nearly call .. in. We at Vancouver to be $1,365,000.00 BUILD FOR THE to keep -Fatty" ef tha for a 24,000 horse power, aad at a oat of jail. Aad all the than the T.JJILL^aD. lower rate per horse power for a larg­ PLANT _PQM_*_«_ A moan was going up that the De •*•• Clothes for .Men FUTURE er development. of the organized I am entirely opposed to any great Men's and Boys* Clothing ADVERTISE IN Satisfaction expenditure at the present that would RITCHIE'S BuliS ' and Furnishings have to bo paid back with interest of dollars to obtain tbe Yarn r sat isf act tea ia to aa of a movie actor charged "The Best Procurable*' 117 HASTINGS STREET EAST THE B. C. by the already overburdened tax­ 872 GRANVILLE STREET payer, bat I believe wc should he with a brutal crime, not a dollar for sufficiently progressiva to go forward the men toiling behind the scenes of LABOR NEWS We may have some profi table with a development when assured cinema productions which bring in Gornett Bro* suggestions on the very job that it will save millions to tha City, fabulous sums, sumptuous profits. B. c. BARBER SUPPLY AND and not cost the taxpayer one dollar. & Clark _ you have in mind. Wc specialise in I ALD. J. J. McRAE. WASHINGTON. — Representative SUNDRIES,LTD Men's and Boys* Have th« Reliable SHOES Union Schall. Minnesota, has stated in the

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PAGE F01TR THE BRITISH COLUMBIA LABOR NEWS DEBS GREETED South Vancouver COOPERATION Blue Bird Washing Machines BY THOUSANDS Co-Operative "Owned by tha Coa-eaeara''' Patronize Our Advertisers and Tell Them Why SMS Fraaer St. Phone Fra. 367 Selling Now at $175 Veteran Labor Leader Haa Made Thousands of New FOR MEN ONLT and True Friends BOGARDUS - WICKENS There's money in using a Bluebird Washer, even when you MACEY-WIISON SHOE CO. I, United have to pay thc regular price of (210 for it, but now that you Eugene Victor Debs, America's Robson Dairy Paint Wallpaper Glass ean buy them at the sale price of $175, they ere an investment veteran Socialist, was released from 41* GRANVILLE STREET The Home of "Birt's" Between P. O. aad Paader Street Valat and wi_. much too good to let pass unheeded. Made in Canada, easy and prison Christmas morning after serv­ 878 aiANVILLI economical to operate, and instead of rubbing away the ing two years and eight months of Graded New-Laid Phone Seymour 3930 Glass Dap..: 10OO material as you do when washing by hand, these just wssh the a 10-year sentence for violation of dirt out of the garment Washing this way gives three times the Espionage Act. At the request EGGS of President Harding he went to the Ifie to thc garment 1124 ROBSON STREET Washington direct from the prison THE D. HUNTER COMPANY Ltewis Piano & for a conference and was assured MEN'S AND BOYS' CLOTHING. Phonograph House ' SPECIAL DEMONSTRATION FURNISHINGS, ETC. by President Harding that his re­ THE HOME OF THE PHONOLA lease waa Unconditional and that he CITIZENS for Bring some dirty clothes and have them washed while you Mozart Pianoa was not expected to depart from Conault Your Intereata. Vote : wait snd »ee for yourself what a wonderful machine the his principles, convictions and ideals. 74 CORDOVA STREET WEST 1044 GRANVILLE.STREET Bluebird ia. $25 cash puts one in the home, and $20 monthly for During his short visit to Wash­ pays the balance. ington he was visited by Samuel Gompers and Henry W. Nevinson, McRAE Outfitters for Men noted British journalist and editor- FOR Imperial Trunk WM of- the London Nation. Debs was and Leather Goods DICK LTD. glad to learn at first hand of the s MAYOR i '"Your Money's Worth or Year labor conditions in England, and he Money Bach" 9 ' i-gUA-Ias*. requested Nevison to communicate • • 338 HASTINGS STREET WEST 45 49 HASTINGS ST. EAST to the British working class his deep ' Cheaper Light aad -Power, interest in all of the Labor activities. 2 Development of Irtduatriea, Laco, Nitro aad Taagatea Lamps William S. Johnston, President of j Protection ef Citizens' Rights. I the International Asosciation of Ma­ E-ison & Bnn.sw.ck Phonographs BRITISH COLUMBIA'S chinists, was also among the early • ; 9 »:i;ii:;iii:»i»;iu»;»»;;i;i»i»»»»»m» THE ELECTRIC SHOP PIANOS visitors. Johnston visited Debs once 12 HASTINGS STREET EAST Ooavaaleat Terms Arranged a month while in prison. Senator atoiasa nanatag Borah and Senator Robert M. La Vote For Retail Electrical Suppliea aad The KENT PIANO CO., hi BEST BEER Follette also visited Debs while in Fixturea 558560 GRANVILLE STREET Washington. For Over 30 Years Two of the last notables to visit F. ROGERS Debs while in prison were Charlie Chaplin, the comedian, and Frank for Hastings Harris, editor of Pearsons Magazine. CD.BRUCE Both of these also had a long chat Limited Furniture Co. with Jim Larkin. Alderman Ma's Chtto. «• Fingfagt 41 HASTINGS STREET WEST Swamped with Telegrams Eight Consecutive Years COR. HOMER AND HASTINGS Phone Seymour 3807 Upon the publication of the news on Council of Debs' release, thousands of tele­ grams were sent to Terre Haute, In­ I Chairman of Board of THE FULTON'S STYLE SHOP, LTD. diana, where Debs has resided all his Works LADIES' MEN'S SUITS. OVERCOATS. life. These telegrams came from STORE fcCfc RAINCOATS The Beer Without a Peer Socialist locals, from hundreds of ALWAYS FAIR TO Mads ia Caasda Trades Unions, State Federationjr tf* Ksady-to-wsar or Mads to Your Order LABOR 417 Prom Maker to Wearer—One Front and Trades Councils, from a great HA HASTINGS Oaly * Guaranteed Full- Strength many executive boards of Interna­ ST. WEST 619 GRANVILLE STREET tional and Independent Unions, from n»iiMiii»m»iii»»iMii»ii»»i»iiii»nm V o For Sale at All Government Stores hundreds of branches of the Work­ KNABE—CHICKERINC—WILUS men's Circle, the World War Veter­ a great difference in his feelings to­ PIANOS AND PLAYER PIANOS ans, the Workers' Party, free speech ward those who were his neighbors Phone Seymour 3902 groups, American Civil Liberties by chance and those who were his THE BOWES MUSIC HOUSE Vancouver Breweries, Limited Union and many other organizations brothers by choice in the great bat­ BURNS DRUG CO, LTD. as well as from hundreds of indivi­ tle for industrial freedom that he Mall Ordsra Bscslve Special Attention Exclusive Piano Dealers duals among the first of whom was has been waging for so many years. 732 GRANVILLE STREET la tha Block With tha Clock 806 DUNSMUIR STREET Do you dance? Help swell the South Vancouver Co-operators will Helen Keller, the world famous deaf, Dnnamnlr Hotel Building- There were some among the Phone Seymour 606 crowd at the Junior Labor League! hold o Whist Drive and Dance in the dumb and blind girl. Telegrams workers who had welcomed Debs and Spartican Football Club Joint hall at rear of store next Wednes­ were also sent by the striking pack­ when he returned from Woodstock Dance next Thursday in the Cotillion day evening, commencing at 8 p.m. ing house workers of Omaha, strik­ jail over a quarter of a century ago. ORK ing miners of Washington and strik­ EW V HalL More than' 4,000 new members Their heads were silvered with the Outfitting X Company The Ingledew ing milk wagon drivers-of New York. years that have passed, bnt they*' are IN still fighting, for the better day as ' (Vancouver's Popular Credit Shoe Co. Home Towa Petitions they were when Debs refused to bow; Houae) Quality Footwear During his incarceration, many Refined Wearing Apparel for to the tyrannical orders of the cap-, For the Whole Family petitions were sent to Washington, MEN AND WOMEN italist courts in the great railroad 666 GRANVILLE STREET asking for the release of Debs. The strike of 1894. This great outpour­ 143 HASTINGS STREET WEST KEEP TO THE RIGHT last petition went to President Hard­ ing was more than a personal tribute I ing a few weeks ago when 35,000 to Eugene Victor Debs. It was a citizens of Terre Haute put their tribute to the cause of freedom names to a petition, headed by the BLACK* im STORE LATIMER & SONS which Debs has been privileged to Limited AND VOTE mayor and most of the business and focus for the eyes of millions. WHITE professional men. Largest Exclusive Hatters ia B. C. Hardware, Sheet Metal On April 13th, a monster petition, signed by 300,000 people was pre­ COR. HASTINGS AND ABBOTT 550 MAIN STREET~ TISDALL sented to bottt houses of Congress PRINCE RUPERT and to President Harding. Numerous organizations actively participated in Phone Seymour 221—Day or Night First Choice for the campaign for amnesty—radical, TRADES COUNCIL ARNOLD & QUIGLEY liberal, progressive, labor and civic NUNN & THOMSON and military. Among the organiza­ Trade ia . MAYOR No Jobs in Mines of Northern' Oar Upstair* Clothes FUNERAL DIRECTORS AND " tions active in the campaign were: British Columbia, Says Shop aad Save Your Dollars EMBALMERS The Socialist party, the national Correspondent 540 GRANVILLE STREET 531 Homer Street The man who has always given Labor headquarters of the American Feder­ a square deal ation of Labor, practically all of the (By T. Ross Mackay) 110 big national and international The night of onr last meeting the unions, virtually all of the railroad temperature dropped to 15 above Paddock foot brotherhoods, the Industrial Work­ zero. Thiti with the holiday season TOWNLEY & WARD -*- 989 GRANVILLE SllOD ers of the World, the Workers' De explained the absence of a few de­ Corner Nelson St. tt fense Union, the American Civil Li­ legates with a good record for at­ GRAMOPHONES, PIANOS, ETC. r berties Union, the World War Vet­ tendance. The general attendance 443 HASTINGS STREET WEST SHOES '-%£-* erans, the Private Soldiers' and Sail­ was good. Cor. BMchards and Hastings ors' Legion, and the Farmer-Labor ' Two members of last year's city Your Vote and Influence party. conncil. Aldermen Kerr ao_d McNeil, Twenty-three other political pri­ were endorsed an candidates for this soners were released at the same year's council. Two new men were T& fiootery J.N.HARVEY Solicited for the Re-Election of time as Debs, leaving 135 political also endorsed. Both' are active - prisoners still in thc various prisons. workers in the ranks of labor. One, Good Clothing 1»7_ Hastiaas Most of these arc anarchist. LW.W. Mr. Rod Macleod, ia secretary of the Omen's and Cnildren's Shoes Hats aad Mea'a ____"w"7" c. Furnishing. *1± T****** ***• ALDERMAN and radical farmers from Texas. Carpenters' and Joiners' Union. Y Eaclu.ively i BELLS RING—CROWDS CHEER other haa not yet deftnit MT GRANVILLE STREET Terre Haute, Ind.. Dec. 28. — To to run. * J. thc rimring of thc bell of the city of Attention waa called his birth, the blare of bands and the paper reports of the great "minim? PHILADELPHIA.—Floy Brothers, • • •• CENTER t BANNA, LTD. Mjllers of Pequa. Lancaster County. cheering of thousand-, the man activity in Northern B. C. with the FUNERAL DIRECTORS AND Pa., contributed today the first car­ whom the ten-orals of this nation unfortunate result of bringing many EMBALMERS load of flour for Russian relief to MRMaai sought to silence by placing him be­ outsiders here in thc hope of finding the American Friends Service Com­ Private Ambulance Service hind prison walls returned ia tri­ ready employment. Two nines arc a mittee, Philadelphia. This gift was 1049 GEORGIA ST. SEY. 2425 umph to his home tonight. a large force of men. Few, I promptly followed by another car As thc sun went down the out­ however, are leaving their jobs, so the given by tbe Chamber of Commerce lying towns began to pour their openings for new men arc few. Any­ of Pasadena, Cal., and a carload of working populations into Terre Leon Lotzkar fpr Mayor one thinking of coming here in the corn, the gift of the farmers of Haute. Most of the workers were RANKIN & CHERRILL hope of finding ready employment Mountain Lake, Minn. Several small* miners and they came to hear the Independent Labor Candidate wfll be well advised to write Mr. J. er Iota have already been received in man who had always been faithful, M. Campbell; provincial government EVERYTHING ELECTRICAL PLATFORM ' response to this urgent need. not only to them but to all of the employment agent, before doing so. 55 HASTINGS STREET WEST 1. A Square deal far oar Relumed Soldiers and their Dependents. oppressed, throughout the worid. Relief work is being carried ea by Phone Seymour 7600 2. Protection for Labor. As near as we can figure ont S: 3. Provision lo ha —ada for periods of unemployment. Mayor Leads. flaw dty, consequently we are having A. rrovisnoa to DO raaae ior penoaa ot unemployment onr own troubles ia keeping up the China ia a "problem" of the same 4. Reductions as far as possible ia the coat af living. Others were led by Mayor Hunter. of kind that a building is which bur­ 5. A plana tar the better protection of young women in the city Thc committee that he headed con­ —•'Siy il villi llwiws''- those arriving from outaide points. glars intend to rob. 7. Heavier Penalties far Dope Peddlers. sisted of representatives of all class­ 8. Opening at bars far hoar aad soft drinks. es in thc community—preachers, The Federated Labor Party wfll BROWN BROS. & CO 9. The acsssissass-. af fvaa tpssch. free areas and free assembly doctors, business men. workers, etc. hold a Whist Drive aad Dance at joined the Actors' Equity Associa­ But it was upon the solid ranks of the Cotillion Hall Thursday. Feb. 12. tion during the past twelve- months, If elected will do mj hast ta bring about above msasarss and-ref< FLORISTS AND NURSERYMEN the workers that the eyes ef Debs ** - bringing the total membership op to at. B. mar. am awn VOTE FOR LOTZKAR FOR-FIRST CHOICE dwelt longest. He greeted his neigh­ advertise about 18.000, John Emerson, presi­ bors as only Debs can greet his fel­ h. tbe Labor News? A dent of the organisation, reported at lows, but one sensed that these was ita quarterly meeting. 8KND Df THE HEWS

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