THE CANADIAN With Which Is Incorporated^ a. C. FEDERATIONIST Seventeenth Year. No. 83 VANCOUVER, B. C, %^,Ai_Y MORNING, AUG. 14, 1925 .Bight Pages 5c A COPY i*eiie**e"e»e**eooOa*o**e**e»ene*'e»e*oeo>e**e~e**eoia**e»e< ^••••"•"•"•"•••••miili ti i tut l*,ii*,.iiiitiiim..*,mini ft. Democratic America Unity Brings Triumph Barbarous Russia "WITH our murder and "AS TO the Impartiality of homicide record of 238 British Workers Are Rapidly Centralizing Power and Authority •** these (soviet people's) this year In this' (Cook) courts, thero is a general [By Len De Caux, Federated Press!' to confirmation of the membership, production and distribution." Its agreement that they 'weigh county, two men have been main object is "to assist any or all T ONDON.—The great solidarity states the methods of assistance to the balance' in favor of the of .the allied organizations in de hanged, two negroes, both of the British trade union member unions as a) negotiation, worker as against the well- fending the hours of labor and poor and without Iriends. It movement in supporting the miners (b) financial, (c) partial sympa­ to-do; and (his is defeudt-d wage standards and securing ad has forced the mine owners to back thetic action, (d) sympathetic ac­ on the ground that lt cor­ is the experience of this vancement of the standard of liv down from their blocking of fur­ tion by stages, (e) complete sym­ responds to the weighing of eountry that a murderer Ing." ther negotiations, Under pressure pathetic action. the scale elsewhere."—Brit­ N, U. R. Objections with money will not be from the government, which of­ Centralized Direction ish rades Union Delegation The only objection so far Is from hanged." — Chicago Tribune fered a 9-month profit subsidy the Centralized direction of strikes is Report * on Russia, 1924-25, the National Union of Railwaymen, editorial, August 8, 1925. owners withdrew for two weeks provided in the clause that "upon page 93. whose executive has decided that their notices reducing wages and the general conference (of the Al­ while it agrees with the aim, unless •••••*.llll"tll<..»W.H..*,..g., Ht.^..t •i ii i n II i.nim«ii|niiiii HIIIH..>..I..»..»..»I.«..-..> lengthening hours. Probably this liance) sanctioning assistance, the >Ha wtM<w>w#wt a complete understanding is ob­ wlU mean at least a tt-mouth arm­ conduct of the movement shall tained between unions catering for istice in the course of which a roy­ then pass into the control of the Parson To Tell How the same industry, such an alliance Workers of Shanghai al eommission will go Into every executive council." One of the ls bound to meet with Internal dif­ Movies Helped Boss phase of the situation. duties of the executive council of Boycott British and ficulties. With this in view it has the proposed alliance is to keep To Break Up Strikes The miners union had "placed appointed a committee to amend Japanese Made Goods the general council of the Trades its case unreservedly in the hands the proposed constitution. Union congress informed* and to SHANGHAI — lhe Students- Federated Press.) of the general council of the Trade The movement for the consolida­ secure Its co-operation in the co­ Union has issued printed warnings NEW TORK.—Moving pictures Union congress at the supreme na­ tion of trade union forces has gain­ ordination of the whole trade un­ to Chinese merchants not to used to break strikes. The story tional trade union committee," and ed momentum. ' The formation of ion movement. handle British or Japanese goods. of how this haa been done will it is this body that sees to lt that the general council and the grant­ The merchants' stocks of such be one of the features at the com­ the support of all sections of the Composition and Purpose ing to it of increased powers are goods will be confiscated if they ing meeting of the National Conn­ trade union movement is given to The alliance is to "consist of or­ recent developments. This body is violate the boycott notice. cil of the Congregational Church­ the miners in their struggle. ganizations representing workpeo­ coming to be the general staff of There are indications that the es at Washington, D.C, October The Industrial Alliance ple engaged in all forms of trans­ British labor in fact as well as in workers are becoming resentful of next This Information is con­ The constitution of the proposed port (railway, dock, waterways, claim and the placing of the min some Chinese capitalists who are tained in advance publicity issued Industrial Alliance, which has al­ road, sea, air) engineering, ship- er's case in the hands of the coun trying to stop the strike because by the national council, advertis­ ready been accepted by the Trans-! building, Iron and steel production, dl ls a big step toward the cen­ it hurts their business although ing the address to be delivered by port Workers, convention, subject mining, and all forms of. power tralized direction of the. movement. their own workers are pot on Ute Rev. Fred. Bridgeman of the strike. This has caused an exten­ Transvaal, missionary of tbe Am­ sion of the strike to'6,000 silk mill erican-Board of Foreign Missions. Exploited Girls Are Textile Workers May workers, who walked out because Bridgeman will tell the assem­ Hoodwinked By Boss Demand Wage Increase their bosses were trying to get the bled clergymen that he, with his Highlight! on This general strike broken up. little moving-picture machine, The movement to organize tins (By Federated Press) The boycott officially slated to halted an industrial uprising of operators of .Vancouver ueaui*/ Week's News NEW YORK.—Wage increases begin on August 1, is beginning to his black parishioners in the great snops nas thrown consternation in­ I approximating 20% for workers in have a serious effect on British Johannesburg strike of 1922 and to the hearts ot tne various ueauty Page both wool and cotton branches of and Japanese trade in many of restored them to a satisfactory panor owners ot this city, ana in the textile industry may be de­ the citfes. Some students are not British Labor Holds Own.... 1 state of peace. oruer to torestaii any- successful manded by United Textile Workers stopplnfe. with the British and Jap­ The Miracle attempt to organize them the bos­ Movies Break Strike 1 union officials whenever they de­ anese. iAs • the British-American Tobacco company has great stores "The Ignorant blacks," says the ses have opened their charter and Chinese Workers Boycott.... 1 cide the time ls opportune to act of cigarettes in China, students publicity sheet, "fell an easy prey invited the operators to join up against the wholesale wage reduc­ U. S. Farmers Fleeced 2 have been busy burning them to agitators and they milled with their bosses in "one great tions which have featured the in­ when Jbund in,stores. They go up around and were on the point of big family." Imperialists Exploit Aus­ dustry. Power is given the offi­ tralia S in Smoke but by way of bonfires. open rebellion." Then the mis­ The beauty operators ol! Van­ cers by the union's emergency sionary's movie machine began couver are exploited ln tne most British Capitalism lu Decay 7 board to seek restoration of the In many cases where British and Japanese have been forced to grinding and, like a miracle, peace callous fashion. Many of them pay Miners and Transport 1920 wage scale which would bring leave, the Chinese are demonstrat­ descended. from {50 to $100 to learn the traue Workers United 1 the increases. Wages of over 60,- ing their feelings by completely and after five or six week's cur­ 000 woolen and worsted mill work­ As a prelude to this fancy- Moroccan Leader Defies tearing down the houses these ene­ sory instruction are given a be- ers throughout New England have straining finale, the account de­ Imperialism 8 mies occupied, to exterminate the ribboned diploma, and turned loose scribes his parishioners ln the pa­ just been reduced 10%. memory of .-their residence there. tronizing and sneering fashion to work upon the public. Other Wage Slashes characteristic of those who bear girls are taken into the shop of the Summer School Begins Effective Jan. 1, 1921, textile the white man's burden. There is beauty parlor owner and set to workers' wages were slashed Wage War Looms in mention of the black hordes liv- work on commission, which usually Sessions This Week 22%%* In 1923 the mill workers ihg in their huge compounds by gives the boss the lion's share, and were given 12%% increase in mo* _% American Coal Fields the mines, and ln gambling, vice, then some. In many instances the WBST SUMMERLAND, B. C— places. Last fall and winter, wages fights and dances spending their girls paying for the course in al­ All preparations for the third an­ in cotton mills were again lowered ATLANTIC CITY.—Responsibll- leisure. "These are the idle leged beauty culture learn little nual summer school to be held 10%, and now they have beeen gjsngen-­ ' for the' expected strike of 155,- hours,*' goes the narrative, "nnd more than the most elementary here from August 10 th to 30th are erally cut in the woolen and wo(i_f union anthracite miners, Sep- with natives as with white men, facts of personal hygiene and the now completed and the sessions ed mills. Mfeiber 1, is placed on the opera­ care of the hair.