Le monde ouvrier = The labor world, 1 avril 1926, samedi 10 avril 1926

12e Année _ No 15 SAMEDI, 10 AVRIL 1926 — MONTREAL — SATURDAY, APRIL 10, 1926 + + * + + * + + * + + + * Try Black Horse ale; 100 Years of Brewing experience behind it +++ +*++++* + **+***?% atmr wrlD Ci* fHmtOr (taorief 4.***** + + + ********* + **** + * + + t ?Drink DOW’S ALE Standard of Strength and Quality *++++ l’action-lier; il cite, il l’appui de ce !llI'le.offert pur les entrepri-inires des Etats-Unis qui, ne i o' 3(10,000 porteur*! de titres ’• "i possèdent plus de 800,000 h'd.augmentation due en irlio à l’achat de valeurs par de ces entreprises.—Bureau "il il ù Travail.nettoyage printanier Le 1, ¦ est inainleniiat verni de peu-h ire le nettoyage des rues, des ¦aves, des cours, des jardins, a ser à ruelles etc.1 1 : b bien que lu neige et la glace ' ."1! T'-s entièreincnt disparues et I11 < n m.lints endroits elles recouvrent ' ' "h H n’est certes pas trop tôt f""1 ' *1 ¦‘«•or un programme de nettoy-•C’ d m embellissement, si l’on veut être lh| quand M.Printemps se sera affir-1116 l10'"' de bon.V||'1 ' 1 "n grand accumulateur do 11 " m dm hets, rebuts, suie, poussière, n’est là que quelques-unes ^ oies choses qui se révèlent à nos ’ ,|"ranl «'es jours d’avril où lu neige 'i;!M! ,ii sous les rayons ardents du soil', 1 ' l|lorei* et fasse toute sa so,' 1 "r ‘h11’ h' nettoyage printanier 1 miH»let, le concours do tous nos '' d,ins (|iielquo quartier de la ,|U,ls deineureiit, qu’ils soient pro-•ccl*C l'*i* m malheurs qui ont frappe leurs confrères,|que lu trop grande facilité du credit^ ^ f( .)a coutMI„e (l.£.mcttrc ell M.J.E.Pelosse dans la perte de sa ; surtout, chez „ gens sans expenenct ; ^ ^ ^ ^ (|(,s certil-iratg ,k.bello-mèro.et M.I’h.^ormaudin dans lai ceux qui utilisent cette méthode trop .’ .perte de sa grand’mère.Les membres j commode sont exposés, non seulement a ! _ .qui tôt 40.leur guise et d’après leur pay- une convention qui lie déjà un certain nombre d’autres pays?Nous ne le croyons pus! (Ou sait quo l'article 405 dispose: “Chacun des membres s’engage à soumettre dans le délai d’un au à partir de la clôture de la session de la Conférence (ou, si par suite de circonstances exceptionnelles, il est impossible de procéder dans un délai d’un an, dès qu’il sera possible, mais jamais plus do dix-huit mois après la clôture do la session de la Conférence), la recommandation ou le projet de convention à l’autorité ou aux autorités dans la compétence desquelles rentre la matière, en vue de la transformer en loi ou do prendre des mesures d’un autre ordre.” “En tout cas, nous estimons, pour notre part, que le ministre belge du travail, notre camarade Wauters, ferait bien, à Londres, d’essayer do faire admettre par ses collègues des autres pays, que le but à atteindre est une prompte ratification pliure et simple de lu Convention de Washington, lo seul et efficace moyen pour ne pas décourager les Etats ipii ont déjà ratifié, et pour engager tous les autres à ratifier à bref dé.tHUCKDAYEHS, .MASONS AND TIME LAYERS’ IN TEH NATION AU OltGA-N1ZATION, LOUAI.4 uf MONTHKA1.—Meeting every 2nd and 4th Tuesday, ut 70 Jeuuuu Mimcu St.Office address, 70 Jcuuue Mance St., Ituum Nu.5.Tel.l’iulcuu 4778.President, Juseph Verdou, 220 Harvard Ave., Westmouiit.Tel.Walnut JUUÜw.Financial Secretury and Business Agent, Henry Bull, 2314 llrulut.Tel.Cal.U3i)Sw.UNION INTKIt.NATIO.N3LK DES TAIL-‘ LEUHS DE PIEHHE DE MONTUEAL —Assemblée tous les 1er et 3o India do 8 heures p.m., ù.lu sulle A chuuue Uiols, 8 .de fAlliuuce Nationale, 235, rue Beaudry.Président.A.l.uurln, Sec.-Correspondu»:, Jos.Poullu, 1039, ruo Bourbouulèro.0.Jette, secrétaire-financier, U3U, ruo Guruicr.I1UHEAU—OF1TCIEHS DU CONSEIL 1)E DI ST H IUT DES U 11A IIPEN Tl EUS-MENUISIERS D'AMERIQUE.— Prési-tient, J.10.A.Uueette; vice-président, J.A.ltoy; seeiétuiro-flnnuelor, A.Murot; secrétaire-trésorier, J.L.Feriund ; secrétaire-archiviste, Narcisse Arcaml.Agents d'affaires: Pierre Lefèvre et Edouard Henry.Burtnu, -117 Est, rue Ontario.Assemblée tous les mercredis.Téléphone EST SU33W.FRATERNITE UNIE DES CHARPENTIERS-MENUISIERS D'AMERIQUE, LOUAI.131.— Fortuuut Doiicct, frétillent; Secrétaire-Financier, J.A.Roy, 858, rue Wolfe; Secrétulrc-Trésorler.E.Tlsilel-lu; Secrétaire-Archiviste, P.Lefèvre.1411), avenue Papineau.Tél.Amherst 2-181.Le local s'ussuuiblu tous les lundis soirs, su No 417 Est, rue Ontario, Sulle No 1.UNION INTERNATIONALE DES DAB-1HKH3 D’AMERIQUE, Locul 48.1 d.Montréal.—S'assemblu Je 1er et 8tne lundi de chuquu mots nu 217 Ste-Cutherlno est.a 8 heures p.m.Président, Bruno ltoy; o«-crétuIre-archiviste, Arthur Milord; sevré-talro-trésorier, dt Muro, 217 Sto-C.ihe-rlne Est, TeL Est U117.MUSICIANS’ PROTECTIVE ASSOCIATION OF MON TREAL, Locul N - lot).1 A.F.of L.— Assemblée lo 1er dimanche du trimostro et le premier vendredi dm deux mois suivants à 11) heures du Mutin, il la salle des Musiciens, 1852 ruo Sajnt-Beats.Président, J.Moliunrl; sevré-taire-nrchlviste, J.I.l’uquet; secrétaire-trésorier, E.N.Hébert, 155U ruo .Saint-Denis, chambre 10.l'él.: Lancaster 25S).Heures de bureau: 10 a.m.ù.12.30 p.ia.Y.de lu J!.— Le Canada est également partie contractante do la Société des mais il semble qu’il ne contri-hue ses engagements et sa parole que Icomme le “légendaire chiffon do pa- riuteutioii de l.-ar pays du ratifier la Convention de Washington sur la journée de huit heures, escomptant que leur |ai.>' exemple entraîne: ait les autres gouverne -, meats à poser un acte semblable.11 n ’y eut point de doute: leurs déclarations L., ., i Nations visaient eu particulier lo gouvernement allemand qui, par son ordonnance du hiois de décembre 1923, tout en mainte .,, , .,, , , , ., .• , i -, riuer” des Allemands en 19J4; cil oifet, liant lu principe de la journée de huit ’ , ., a part du fait que notre gouvernement n heures, avait autorisé la prolongation de '.1 ., ” ., ., ,,, , ¦ ratifie la convention des marins adoptée la duree du travail jusqu a 10 et même! , ,„ , , , .par la conference de Genes, rien n u été 12 heures.Aiu-i la cloture de la Conte- , .¦ , tait pour niettro en vigueur les recom- rcncc, un mouvement politique et social, ¦1 ., ¦ .,,, maiidatioii.s des conterences de Washing- vigoureux eut u en Allemagne, aine i ., .r ., .itou ou de Genève, pourtant aunéo après le îiiiius!• •• du travail a aviser la; .’ 1 , milieu nous envoyons des délégués a ces conférences et nous nous flattons do participer à.la solution, des grands pro- L’UN 10N No 1888 DES CHARPENTIERS, MAISONNEUVE — Assvmldée tous les vendredis soirs, 8.S h., 1051, rue l.etouriieux (Temple des Buffalo).Président, J.A.é’humberlund ; Vice-Président, A.I.ahrosse; Seerétulre-Arehlvlste, O.l’rnulx, 2448, avenue Plu IX; Secrétairo-Flnnncler, Elz.Delisle, 10-15, rue Cartier; Trésorier, J.C.B.Itacette, 1885, rue Théodore; Conducteur, A.Berthluumc; Gardien, Emile Lallhcrté.INTERNATIONAL HA1UIERS’ UNION Local 659.—Meets 1st and 3rd Weilnei-days, ut 83U St.Lawrence Dlvd., nt 8 l'.M.President, B.Melnlck; Secretary-Treasurer, K.Slousky, 147a Colonial Avenue.COMPAGNIE FORD ont voté une résolution de sympathies | vivre au-dessus de leurs moyens, mais a aux confrères éprouvés, et tous ont ex-! s'illusionner sur l'étendue même de primé le désir que copie de la présente leurs moyens, et à perdre le sens de irrésolution soit envoyée aux journaux1 conomie et jusqu’à la notion de la vapour publication.leur de l’argent.mam Gin Canadien Melchers Croix d’or (( Fabriqué à Berthierville, Que., sous la surveillance du Gouvernement Fédéral, rectifié quatre fois et vieilli en entrepôt pendant des années.TROIS GRANDEURS DE FLACONS: oïmv.de ces certificats ayant été suspendue temporairement en avril dernier, alors que lu quotité établie de $25,000,000 avait été atteinte.Im plan d’après lequel le,s employés reçoivent, tous les six mois, une part de profits qu’ils aident à réaliser a été inauguré en janvier 1920.Il fut annoncé alors que, lorsque les employés des ateliers recevraient leurs enveloppes (le paye, il leur serait permis de déposer entre les mains de la compagnie une somme d’argent n’excédant pas un tiers do leur salaire.Les banques de la compagnie, installées dans les ateliers, devaient garder l’argent jusqu’à ce que la somme de $100 eût été payée.Pour chaque $100 friait émis un certificat garantissant aux employés au moins six pour ont sur leur placement.Gros: Moyens: Petits: 42 onces 26 onces 10 onces 53.80 2.55 1.10 liant te ministre presse que le jour où son pays serait assuré d’une interprétation exacte do la Convention, il serait disposé à envisager ., , ., , , ., b ernes sociaux qui préoccupent le monde; la ratification.C’ust cela qui amena les.1 .1 , ’ ., .lia journée de huit heures, on se le ren- mnustres du travail d’Allemagne, d’An- .J., , , t, , .ii( - voie du tederal au provincial; il en sera gleterre, de Belgique et do France a se; , ., .,, ii-, , , , de meme du protêt de loi des pensions de réunir a Berne avec le directeur et le- .1 ° ‘ , -, , i vieillesse que le gouvernement federal directeur-ail joint du Bureau internatio ; ° ., , a a 1 ordre du jour mais qui ne devion- nttl du J rnvnil, afin do rechercher en „ J , 1 .,., dra en force que si les provinces contre commun la possibilité d’une prompte .1 ., • huent 50 pour cent des pensions, sachant ratification.\ mlà bentot dix-huit mois: .1 .1 ’ , , , • • , très bien iiue la Province de Quebec entre (lue cette conférence des ministres a eu.1 ‘ ,., i-, .-c.- -, i 'autres — car elle n est lias la seule — lieu et, maigre la satisfaction au sujet de , ., , 1 , , , ., , • .refusera de lonidre lo mouvement; de la la minime difference dans les opinions, ¦' .> poudre aux yeux lont simplement; de sommes guère arrives à Berne.” us but nous ne poursuivi Nous ne pourrions donc que nous réjouir do l’évènement de Londres si ce n’étaient d’un autre côté un certain nombre de sérieuses appréhensions que Corneille Mertens délimite comme suit: “La eoiifércnco de Londres, au contraire, semble vouloir s’attacher à interpréter la Convention de Washington, en vue; do la ratification.Il semblerait que l’on veuille arriver à une interprétation commune 'les articles de la convention concernant les heures de travail, le travail effectif, les cas d’affluence exceptionnelle, la compensation (les heures | perdues (jours de fête, etc.) C’est là, à Le seul changement apporté nu plan j nôtre avis:, un jeu 1res dangereux.L’inoriginal le 1er février est qu’il n’est pas torprétntion des on de certaines disposi- The Melchers Gin & Spirits Distillery Co., Limited MONTREAL permis aux employés de consac rer jri ils d’un quart de leur salaire à l’achat de certificats.Trente-cinq mille employés de Ford étaient porteurs de certificats avant le 1er février, et depuis cette date un grand nombre health, Consideration, honor, all imps who manipulate the puzzling plav Bie pleasures of the sens.- and delights of the economic forces which create the i 0' Hie soul.geois mind, social problems appear as impudent, presumptions raised by the incantations of wizards like Moore, out of the ether.It always attributes to agitators this strange magie, assuming that such problems do not arise naturally out of the living conditions of the masses; refusing to admit that major social problem—capitalistic exploitation of labor—has any oxistenco except in the imagination of agitators; and only grudgingly admitting that minor social problems—those which can be partially solved without threatening the basis of capitalist society—have a material foundation in the economic order.The bourgeois, having been greatly served by science, believes in the power of science to solve tlie unknown problems of nature.But bis attitude to the unknown things of the social order bourgeois life is woven it of mysti-1's otherwise; for him the law of snp-cism.It believes that belli 1 every plie- I’L’ »nd demand is an eternal mystical liomonon there is'a niysti d force, and so is even afraid that the mild man-ucred Moore also represents some mystical force, in this case a mystical force, ascended from the neth-: regions to gold.ins which frighten il as much as the Terrible Tom, for it always return to earth in a shudder of fear at what may happen to poor (A.multi if the discordant voice of the Trades Congress is not silenced.The “Gazette“has a su rstitiuus reverence for capital, belt, ing that it of their m therefore stillicient _ _ no prosperity to the Canadian fruit 1'armer m.le in a Canadian factory, from imported cloth, add much to that oft ho -, i employed in the woollen mills of Canada.In a campaign of this nature it is essential that all should work tnoetlu • that all may ultimately benefit and though Labor could not b,rcons:-•¦•nt 1\ expected to purchase goods made under “unfair” or "swcaiMiup" conditions, merely because they bore a “made in Canada” label, in ! n r should il buy foreign goods made under similar and some-linos win .r conditions but should lend ils full support to the purchase „)• pood., produced in Canada under conditions fairly comparable with tlm.se of the imported articles.Every dollar spent by Canadian workers in an imported article which -i ild be equally well obtained from a Canadian producer means sumu.il loss opportunity for some other Canadian worker and a consequent increase in the intensity of the unemployment problem.— The Canadian Congress Journal.Workers Decline To Join Secession Ranks bewildering come mill go of fortunes and misfortunes, to the vast vexation of the capitalists.Tims, to its severed imagination Mr.Moore appears as malign magician, filling the plaeid mind of tlie workers with thoughts unbecoming their station, sowing discontent in That Moore should direct attention to social problems is presumption on bis part.The “Gazette” would have the major social problems ignored, knowing that the bourgeois know no solutions for them and would not want to solve them if they could To the bour- tnw covering a multitude of good and bad fortunes—but not to be comprehended, much less controlled.Economic forces appear to him in a phantom ns friendly as hostile spirits working in mystery.Therefore, he bows down in awe before them as the savage before the mysterious power of nature, lie does not try to understand them and would’nt if lie could, for to understand them would be to comprehend that there is no much disorder in his own social order that its days are necessarily numbered.So lie seeks consolation in a vague mysticism, and tries to bribe the working class to forget its pr iblems and troubles by offering a posthumous on a future world, where the hungry of this earth may feast like the bourgeois.Prohibition Law A Failure The above statement was made before the Senate committee iu-I vestijjating of prohibition in Washington, a few days ago by Senator William (.'.Bruce of Maryland; lie further stated that the prohibition law had not the true moral sanction of tlie people behind and that drunkenness has increased, that the law itself encourages faithless administration, that corruption lias grown among officials, that 300 smugglers are besieging the coast, that even prison inmates are making their brew by simple process, that temperance lias been forgotten and that the law is breaking down completely.To remedy these alleged conditions Bruce suggested that the United States adopt the Canadian system of local option and Government distribution.''Never in the history of free institulims has any Government more pertinaciously sought to carry out a policy, obnoxious to a powerful sentiment, than hits the Federal Government in its relation to the Volstead Act for the last six years.“But it has fostered deceit, perfidy, espionage and tyranny.“It has lowered the prestige of tlie Federal Government.It has even led mure than one solar American citizen who gave his blood or treasury freely to our national cause during the world war, to ask whether our forefathers did not shed tlicir blood in the* cause of American liberty at Bunker Hill and Camden in vain.’’ As Others See Us There have been many leading British Laboritcs in this country in recent years, and many articles on America have been printed in the British Labor Baity and Trades Union press.They are all very much alike.They view American labor through Socialist eyes, and tlie picture they draw is a gross and baseless libel on America and everything American or Canadian.A recent article from the official monthly organ of the Labor Parly and Trades Unions is a humdinger, and well worth reproducing and preserving as a specimen showing what the ultra-radical can do in Hie way of libeling when he gets started.If the following is the sort of pap British labor is to be fed upon, we can’t see how it can feel anything but contempt for American labor.We have chosen only a few of the gems from this very typical collection: IN LOCARNO AND GENEVA— AND AT HOME IS GAMBLING NATIONAL CONVEN- JUUSTIFIABLE ?_____ By LLOYD M.COSGRAVE The Baldwin Government, for which | -Assistant Secretary, Workers' Ethica TION OF WORKING WOMEN turn Bureau (BLES)—Is gambling justifiable?No.Why not ?Because it increases risk unnecossa- We never do : Chamberlain, the “father of Locar no”, is Secretary for Foreign Affairs, lias just issued its estimates for the Navy and Air Force: they are £4,000,000 higher than the estimates presented in tlie Labour Government’s Budget, i r;|v When the Labour Government entered j 'H;|| we a)1 ruu risli3 office, it reduced the Fighting Serv-iec estimates by £7,000,000.For the year 1913-14 the estimates for this purpose totalled £74,044,000: yet for the coming year, die year following die Locarno Fact, the Government is spending £110,000,000.Notwithstanding that sumo danger of losing it.the German fleet is lying at die hot Exactly.Aud that is The National Women’s Trade Union League, in which are federated many thousands of working women and friends of their movement, announces its 10th biennial convention, to bo held at Kansas Oity, Missouri, June 28 to July 3.The official call, just is sued from tho Executive Offices in .I Chicago, lias been sent to nil affiliat anything without being m danger from , , ’ , ,, , .0.1.ed leagues and nil national, earthquake, cyclone, disease, railway accident, etc., and sooner or later we all succumb.Likewise wo tire always running financial risks.We never buy a postage stamp without standing in AMERICA “It is a land dedicated to tho principle) that mon must live and work—or die.For die unfortunate, the weak, the wounded aud tho maimed it has nothing to offer —but die crumbs that may fall from the rich man’s table.1 ‘ America lias no social and industrial legislation worth talking about.” THE AMERICAN LABOR MOVEMENT “There is at die moment no labor movement in our sense of the term in the American continent.“Somewhat weak in numbers and anaemic, in character.“Nor lias the trade union movement in America any political philosophy of any consequence.” Tli.ion movement among the l'anal; ui.-mlwrs of international unions !.- run its course, in so far, at lea-', i- the boilermakers are con- iitiii 1.ling to the view of J.Da id.:; ¦ i.l.iit of the International ! iug work, a renewed interest in all phases of trade union .activity, a new determination to strengliteii die unions for new wage demands and improved working conditions.Probably this labor revival is not Ilnith"'1 ! i.r Boilermakers, Iron Ship wholly the result of the reactions set Builders :i:i( 1 Helpers of America, who up by these little revolts.The im-Iiiis !" i anada looking over the pression lias deepened that Canadian sit unt ii .ii.| business, which has been in the slough The cMi'ii! nf the secession has not of prolonged depression, has at last been ship ;.,it to appreciably impair definitely moved into the upward the I'l.-i' :.oi' the International Boil-1 swingl of tho cycle.And! this lias erma hers Franklin Iv hh,w little ui tho inti As f„r Canada and President | doubtless been a contributing cause ol iibs tlie troulilo will short' or, leaving the secoderg a r and anxious to return to itioiml, h" American filibusters who have undertaken to deliver the merci,si " Ynnki coin- i g ru pliers of Canada from lumination,'' oil reports in' they have made little or in their self-imposed mis" an independent lm-1 "f telegraphers.¦ those who say that these ai" have been stimulants : national unions in Canada.1 is I " :‘ : oat that recently there has 't en h m vrai speeding-up of organiz- ilicato tii no jiriifrr sion of tionnl h m Thon* little fh tho increased activities apparent in labor circles.The unions are preparing for such action as may he necessary to assure that the workers shall reap some benefits from the anticipated period of “progress and prosperity”.At the same time, this quickening of the militant.spirit of the internationals has been, in some measure, the instinctive response to the flare-up of the spirit of secession, a spirit that in tlie case of the telgraphers had so few roots in the Canadian soli, it only blossomed under the fostering care of Americans, as Tom Mooro rudely pointed out.—International Labor News Service, i minium düiiüîtjmtmmtmtJtmw labor o Queries • TERRIBLE PLIGHT OF UNORGANIZED WAITRESSES During the organization campaign of the International unions in Toronto, | the waitresses had their meeting in which several voiced their complaints.Whether tho efforts of the trade union organizers will amount to anything is hard to say.One tiling I do know is that restaurant and hotel workers, domestics, male and female are under paid, insulted and assaulted by employers.Girls arc driven to sell their bodies for tlie.necessities of life.They work twelve, to fourteen hours with insufficient food and lack of time to eat it.What legislation there is on the statute book for the benefit of those wage slaves may as well be in the waste-paper basket, for inspectors are bribed.Girls have complained to me of drunken mis-triesses who throw things at them; male employers who make advances to them —neglecting to pay wages when they are due, having to sleep in dirty rooms and wear ridiculous unifornist Having to work seven days per week and getting fired without notice tor no cause.—The Worker.L1 bunt j.q10 address of the Union "‘r Lb Insurance Comapiiy?, ' !American Federation of "" ' "dung, Washington, D.C.i- president of (lie ''grapliers’ Union of ¦v II.Johnson.(Vim- Amer- tho position of organiz-"" government ownership?American Federation of 1 ' gone on record ns favoring s"l'.1'1 Miii'iii ownership of the 'nilroads.‘ ginpli ami telephone systems.The zd.or I, .r'K’tion program of the Fedora "" "b'l'ti’d in 1:119 said: “ Public l'iiblic utilities should be own-"r regulated by tlie government in j" ‘"''' d of the public.” In mak-k' l.'ls ll'' Li ration, the- Federation cm-di,' ! ' ' ‘Ilslste(i upo." the right or ' ' """'I', to organize under auv svs ' *n of trol.government ownership or eon .did Snmuol Gompers i 'j .'‘"bur in Europe and America; l'r",n" Labor ami the War; Labor tli,.i, ' * "utmon Welfare; Labor and :uii| |l"i|,l"-m; Seventy years of Life ao; Tlieso books were in ad- |.,| 'urge list ot pamphlets on '"'ur subjects.AGENCIES OBJECT TO LICENSE Organized labor of the State of Now York opposes the efforts of private employment, agencies in this state to evade being licensed.This system tends to protect workers trom being victimized, but the agencies demand a free hand.tom of tlie sea, the Tory Government of Great Britain das decided to liuild during tho next four years, 82 new warships, including l(i cruisers, 27 destroyers, and 24 submarines, at a total cost of £58,000,000.Especially large amounts have been set apart for tlie aircraft, on the plea that France, which in Locarno was blowing tho trumpet for peace, possesses twice as many airplane ns Great Britain.A further sun in the interest of peace politics is be ing earmarked for the establishment of a naval base at Singapore, which it will lie remembered was vetoed by the Labour Government, This base will cost Great Britain the trifling sum of £11,000,000.The Conservative British Government is proving tlie sincerity of its desire to economise by reducing the Exchequer grants for education, aud unemployment, relief! The expenditure per unit of the population (based on the 1925-20 Budget estimates) is as follows: Pence Purposes—v .ducation grants, public health, unemployment insuranco, housing, old age pensions, civil service administration): £2.14,1.’ War Purposes.—(Army, navy, air force, war pensions, national debt): £12.3.8'A.The spirit which is at the base of this Budget is tlie same as that which rules the negotiations of the League Nations which have been going on this week nt Geneva.When we consider these figures — which might be sup pleinentcd by similar figures of other countries represented at Geneva — we no longer wonder why admission into the League of Nations is such a com plicated affair.As long as tho lion’s share of tho public money is being swallowed up by armaments, tho Lea gue of Nations is powerless, and tlie asseverations of the statesmen debat ing at Geneva are no more to be believed than a thief who speaks of honesty the while lie is picking the pockets of his hearer.At this rate the.League of Nations will lose tho last vestiges of the prestige which re mains to1 it.among tlie workers.Tlie responsible parties undoubtedly little reck the consequences of such a reaction of feeling.Let them beware, for wlmt they have neglected in Geneva in ternntionnlly, will revenge itself nn tionally! MINIMUM WAGE FOR WOMEN Fixing a minimum ivngo for women in the District of Columbia has beon hold by the Supreme Court to bo an invasion of contract rights.Fixing a maximum rato for public utilities through lawfully constituted agencies of the people has been held invalid when that rate, in tlie opinion of tho United States courts, does not allow a “reasonable profit.” It seems to make a vital difference whether tlie applicant for protection is a stockholder after profit or a woman after a living wage.When women learn to rally around the Union Label such conditions will change.the reason that gambling is not justifiable.There is enough risk in the world.But you believe in insurance, don’t you ?Yes.Well, insurance is a form of g.imbl-ing._ Is it ?How do you mako that out.?Well, my dad took out a fire insurance policy on his house.He paid $20 every year on that tiling.If his house had burned lie would liavo received a lot of money.As it.was, ho never received anything.He lost the money policy.Wasn’t lie igues anil nil national, interna tionnl, and local unions affiliated to tho League land to the American Foie ration of Labor, from which groups will come tlie delegate body of tlie convention.Tho subject matter before tlie convention, says tlio call, “is less a new problem than an enlargement of the old—the gathering of our working women into trade unions.* Highly developed machinery is producing new kinds of work, reducing the demand for varied grades of skill.A levelling process among workers is the result, and the obligation is ours to seo that the levels ;are maintained at just and proper grade.“Great industrial areas are stil! untouched by organization, have still to lie reached with the trade union idea.Tlie need has become acute for new organization methods and technique designed to meet this newer unionism.This includes a concise setting forth Your dad’s house j of our principles and standards that not ' ' ' .he put into the taking a chance?No.He was, too.Now let’s see might have burned even if it were insured.Isn't- that so?1 suppose so.if it had burned, lie would have lost quite a bit of money.Quite a bit for him.He wasn’t rich.By taking out the insurance policy he made, it certain that, lie would not lose if tlie house burned.Yes, provided tho insuranco company did not go bankrupt in the meantime.Then by insuring Ids house he reduced ills risk, didn’t ho: Have it your way if you want to.Tliat's what I intend to do.Insur- __________ u _____ ance is one of tlie greatest reducers of risk there is.This is true, whether the TO REGISTER ALIENS AMERICAN WAGE EARNERS “In America the workers hnvo no political consciousness; they aro like country bumpkins at a fuir.“It is hard to organize this get-rich-quick crowd of individualists into a cohesive movement of any sort.” THE AMERICAN LABOR LEADER “He keeps to the beaten track.Coupled with this lack of dash and freshness in his failure to comprehend tlie nature of modern capitalism.“lio soems to accept tho capitalist system and would justify the philosophy of individualism.” Wlmt would the British workers say it’ the American labor went in officially for this kind of vinification of the British labor movement '/ they may be immediately intelligibl to both worker Unit employer.“We shall therefore invite our eon volition delegates to participate in a “One Day Institute on Organization” to assist in tho development of these new methods.Data mnv being compiled will lie put into serviceable form for use in this now approach to tl.e complex organization problem.” Workers’ education and industrial legislation, supplementary arms of the trade union movement, will occupy other sessions of tlie convention.!?-«¦».« » « « » .?-««it ing to .them better treatment, says dispatch from Orel, Russia.—Average number of railroad workers in 1925, was 1,709,099, a decrease of 8,292, Interstate Commerce Commission reports.—League of Nations again invites Russia to attend conference oil disarmament.—Building returns for new construction for tlie first quarter of tlie present.vear, show a total outlay of H—».* * •?-*•?••?• $4,49(5,850, which is a fair amount for Mexican Federation of Labor sends j this time of the year.Recent building permits issued at the City Hall include one to McGill University, Sherbrooke street west, for a structure 280 by 150 feet, three storeys high in the same street, costing $040,000.This is the now Arts building.As theWorker sees his World Summary and Digest of Important Events of tho Week, Hero and Abroad.e ?• ?• W IS HELD SILLY PLAN “To register aliens is not only unjust, it is silly,” says tlie “New York World.” “Tho secretary of labor seems to mice, but insurance reduces risk and ' have forgotten that, for all reasonable gambling increases it.Steer clear of purposes wo have registration of aliens insurance is carried oil by private companies or by the govcri meat, provided tlie institution is on a sound financial basis.Insurance, then, is just tlie opposite of gambling.There is an element of risk, of course, even in insur- gambling am! go in for insurance.THE UNION LABOR LIFE INSURANCE COMPANY Affairs in Tlie Union Labor Life Insurance Company arc moving rapidly ami successfully.Up to date a quarter of a million dollars lias been subscribed by a handful of national and internationals, and reports received from others that tlie matter i- pending favorably before their Gcnortil Executive Hoards.Every mail i bringing individual requests for application blanks and information.In tho next month, local unions will receive notice of quotas nlotted, and there is every indication that tlie amount sot will be reached within ¦thirty days.A well attended Directors meeting on the 21s~t inst.was sought by tlie cameramen and movie news reel photographers and tlie Board suspended business for five minutes out of five hour session to bo snapped on the steps of tlie American Federation of Labor Building.Arrangements will lie m'ado shortly for actuarial, medical and other service against the day when the company will open its doors for business.Every Union Label idea dropped into an ear will bear fruit some time.1 already,” says the “World” editor.“Wlion tlie immigrant enters this country lie is required to tell his age, financial status, proposed place of residence, etc., and this information is recorded.Afterward, if question arises about him, lie can easily bo traced and investigated.That is, if he has entered lawfully.“But, say proponents of the secretary ’s scheme, how about tho alien who entered unlawfully?Tbit is precisely tlie point: How about him?Does anyone believe that this scheme will bag him?Suppose tho secretary’s plan can be made to work.Suppose our postmasters, clerks of courts and school teachers leap at this chance to do extra work; suppose all tlie 3,087 counties in tho United States do their share without a single instance of indifference; suppose, even, that the competent source of training is located.Will a single unlawfully entered alien enroll himself to be forthwith deported?To •ask t liât question is to answer it.“Unless a gigantic new special police force is provided, wlmt this scheme means is that tlie alien who entered lawfully, and who is not our primary concern, will bo harried unduly, laid upon to blackmail by his enemies and persecution by local busy-bodies; while the bootlegged foreigner, tlie objoct of all this fuss, is not even scathed.” sharp protest to Russian ambassador in Mexico against Soviet interference in affairs of Mexico and other nations.—Members of commission of Britisli labor men sent by London Daily Mail to investigate United States conditions visit A.F.of L.headquarters in Washington, i).C.—Executive Council of American federation of Labor urges wage earners to take an active part in the primary 'and election campaigns; labor rec-cords of members of Congress to he sent into nil congressional districts.—Executive Committee of American I Federation of Labor declares “United Front Committee”, of Passaic, N.J., textile strikers urged to join United Textile Workers of America.—Hugh rock kills fivo workers, excavating for 05-story building on Broadway, New York City.—Building permits issued in 23 cities of New Y’ork State in February show drop of 25 per cent, from January State l.a'.tr lvpartment reports.—Highway safety conference at Washington adopts uniform traffic code; legislation for pedestrians as well as motorists urged.—Espionage feature denounced at hearing in Washington on proposed alien registration bill.—Rhode Island House of Representatives adopts resolution recommending modification of dry law.“Old Timers” celebration announced as feature of annual convention of Tex'as State Federation of Labor, at Houston, April 20.| —Communists will two seats in j Chamber of Deputies in second district j nf Paris.—King of Italy deprives Italian editor of property and citizenship for attacking Fascist regime in New York newspaper.—Albaiiy, Ga., wins grand prize fur j “having show greatest progress dur-1 ing the year in the prevention aud re- j duction of fire losses.” —United Railways of Baltimore takes out group insurance on its 5,000 employes; workers pay part of premiums and tlie company the remainder.—Theatrical producers and play-rights’ union, known as Dramatists’ Guild, makes five-year peace agreement; producers deciilo to organize.—Labor party wins bye-election in Scottish district, largely increasing its vote.—Strike of wives in Russian village wins complete victory, husbands agree- Tlie Union Label is the emblem of peaceable industrial readjustment.IU13iiiliil!lliiilliiiiiliu!Illlil:lllililllilililli!u2iiiltuu.;.i;iua,liiimi:au.uiil:u:.iiiuiUlfil Long Distance Super Salesman “All my sales are made by Long Distance,* says an Ontario merchant.“My brother, who travels ifor the firm, strikes the large towns and sells to all small towns in the vicinity by Long Distance.Even letters enquiring for prices are answered by Long Distance.I could quote you hundreds of instances.” 'Another merchant says if a customer is out when a traveller calls, he makes note of his stock, and a special toll ’ salesman calls him by Long Distance and sells him.Experience shows that Station-to-Station calls can often he used with entire satisfaction.Every Bell Telephoned a * JsongDistance Station Page 4 SAMEDÏ, 10 AVRIL 1926 — MONTREAL — SATURDAY, APRIL 10, 1926 Inventions That Made Millions % T he Basis of Prosperity By ALEXANDER J.WEDDERBURN The circumstances under which John B.Dunlop invented the pneumatic tire are full of human interest.His mother was an invalid and could only be taken about in a bath chair, and she suffered a great deal from the jarring of the iron-clad wheels.First Dunlop tried solid rubber bands on the wheels.As his mother's illness became worse he fastened pieces of inflated rubber tubing, with se«led ends, around the rims.This gave! the invalid great relief.Dunlop gradual j lv improved the tire until friends sug-1 — ,.4 .i .I.* \.,.4 .4 :*• mi.:.».î; i 1 For years Organize! Labor has been I urging the economic truth of the pro! position that high wages are the cheapest wages for industry to pay, and that I only by paying them can industrial t prosperity continue.Now comes a hollies; greater comfort and less fatigue ! shovik ^ tlu-' n“me °.f n"lr>' F°rt1’ "h.° states in a recent issue or the antiunion Collier's Weekly: for passengers and drivers; less vibra tiou; fewer adjustments to prevent rat ties; increased life of car; freedom from skidding; increased traction and braking action; less wear on roads, and more quiet operation.—) :o:(- Age Pension bill, which is a real woinl-er-child.Subject to numerous qualifi- gested that he patent it.This he did, and the pneumatic tire was first used by Ducross Brothers, then the leading cycle track racing men.Soon thereafter pneumatic tires be came prevalent in England, though they were of grotesque appearance.The “pudding tires,’’ as they were called, excited much laughter, but they got so much speed that they pool” at oil cycle meets.Dunlop Ducross company manufactured the tires in large quantities and made great fortunes for themselves.Dunlop who revolutionized road transportation by the introduction of his lires, was born in Aysldre, Scotland, in 1S-10.Io became a veterinary surgeon went to Dublin to practice.The inventor has been described as a tall, stylish-looking man with a long j grey beard.Shortly before his death he*, brought suit against a whiskey firm for using his photograph as a poster for advertising their brand, implying that his hale and hearty appe-arce was due to his drinking the firm's whiskey.lie died in 1902 at his home in Dublin at the age of 82.Before Dunlop’s era solid rubber tires had been used ou bicycles, then the I real value.And, su “cushion” tire was employed which was ! oral of the pnwinet There can be no true prosperity until the worker upon an ordinary commodity can buy what he makes.If you cut wages, you just cut- the number of your own customers.If an employer does not share prosperity with those wno make him prosperous, then pretty soon there will be no prosperity to share.Two distinguished economists, l’os ______ I ter and l atchings, in their recent book Editor:—The Canadian Government ! on Profits, come to the same conclusion, has introduced into Pnriament an Old “Progress toward greater production,” The Old Age Pension Bill they say, "is retarded because consumer buying docs not.keep pace with cations the Federal authority proposes I production.Consumer buying lags for to pay indigent British subjects over two reasons: industry does not disturbe seventy (70) years of age ten ($10.) to consumers (.workers) enough money dollars per month, provided the l’rov- to buy the goods produced; and con- scooped the incial Governments' undertake to pay sinners, under the necssity of saving, jud another .fill per month and bear the cannot spend even as much money as costs of administering the pension j they receive (in wages).Inadequacy scheme.The joker lies in this provi- h,f consumer income is, therefore, the sion that the pension scheme shall only ; main reason why we do not long con-become operative when the Provincial timm to produce the wealth which na- Governments agree to become partners, j tural resources-, capital facilities, im- ^ All the Provincial Governments nre provcnients in the arts, and the self I casting about for new methods of rais-1 interest of employers and employes I ing taxes to pay interest to bond hold- | would otherwise unable us to produce.” 1 crs.Even Quebec, with its liquor reve- j All of which leads I)r.John A.Ryan mu s, has been proposing a tax on meals.„f the National Catholic Welfare Con-The Provincial Governments which I ferenco to refer back to a statement in the past have lived largely by the in the Bishops’ Program issued in 1919 A questionnair utd which we suspect Dr.Ryan had ! N.V., associate DEATH OF MRS.JOHN T.FOSTER After a painful and lingering illness, Mary Florence Bryant, beloved wife of Mr.John T.Foster, President of the Mont real Trades and Labor Council and Vico President of the Trades and Labor Congress of Canada, passed away at the Royal \ icto-ria Hospital, on Wednesday morning, April 7th.Mrs.Foster was a Charter Member of the Montreal Local of the Ladies' Auxiliary to the International Association of Machinists, an 1 took a deep and personal inter, -t in developments within the Labor movement in general.She had a veritable host of fri- uds amongst the official family and the rank and file of the I rnalioual Trado Unions, and , r sunny disposi-a popular figure conventions and therings to which 4 her husband.World” desires itself with the Movement in this ; heartfelt and hy to President family in their tions made h, at the mai other Labor ; she accotnpan The ‘1 Labi to associate Trade Union City in extei sincere svim.Foster and.hour of sorro HARMONY OF HELP IN INDUSTRY THE NATURAL LAW OF CO-OPERATION IS PROGRESS —Tho following representative business houses aro sympathetic with I i and aro interested in tho welfuro of not only their own help but of woa.'ut generally.They believe in THE LABOR WORLD and aro assisting its , ''.r3 of cordial relationship between Employer and Employee.:: !.A number of loading firms whose names do not appear In this u3t “ friendly to Labor and have shown their sympathy In a practical way."re LeMonde Ouvrier-The LaborW orld Rédigé un collaboration Tho Official Bilingual Moulliplore of the Province of ()ucbcu Organized Worker» Member of the International Labor Press .ma I l.e porlu-parolo îles ouvrier» organise» île la Province do IJuObec Membre do la Presse International.' Ouvrière d'Amérique GASTON FRANCO Secretaire do la Rédaction Secretary, Editorial Department M.-E.AI.A1UK Gérant de la circulation ct do la publicité Bureau do Québec: 93, RUE BOURLAMARQUE The Steel Company of Canada, Limited Steel Products of Every Description MONTREAL Quo.HAMILTON Ont.They Can't T rick Women sale of their natural resources—lnmls forests and mining rights—-will not be .readily persuaded to assume new obii- ; gâtions which they can only meet hy ; devising new methods of taxation, es j peeially obligations to persons over1 seventy who may die before they can j deliver a compensatory vote of any! ising one or sev-igreed to pay a hand in penning) The large demand created by high rates of wages and high purchasing power by the masses is the most effective instrument of prosperity for capital and labor alike.—Tin Locomotive Knyinecrs Journal.working women ¦ pris I these bu- ., to a statement 1 -legislative conn : women declared ! : which the emplu ¦ r issued by the Utica, | industries to 3,500 j that cite lias sur-! PALACE St.Catherine W., Opposite Victoria St.Le pluH beau tlitAtre de la ville Toujours un beau programme Vues lo premier choix Titre* en français et en nnglalu The most beautiful theatre In town Always a good programme First Class Pictures DOMINION BRIDGE CO.Limited Head OITiee A Work* at LAC1IINK, 1».i\.11 ranch Works: TO KONTO, OTTAWA, WINN11»EQ HALLS TO LET For Labor Meetings Apply to JOS.LAURIER 415 Ontario East Tel.Walnut 5070W.Tel.East 3578 men, acc riling j the women’s joint ¦e.Tho upstate the -Is hour week, i oppose.-:o:- nearly twice the diameter and had a I pension of -M0 per monts, it is doubt small central air space.Dunlop made the 1 ;d whether the Dominion government diameter larger and the walls thinner, j would he permitted to pay the ten dol-Somo of the tires were “single tube’'hirs it proposes to do.The ‘‘Montreal with the inner rubber skin strengthening| Gazette declares that it is a prepos-fabric, and the outer coat all vulcanized rubber.Others were the “double tube with the thin inner envelope separate from the outer casing.The double tube declares that it is torons idea that the Dominion Govern ment which collects taxes from all Canada should use any proportion of its revenue Fur Workers Wear Out Quick crûment type alone has survived for automobile use.There were also several “clincher designs, employing the endless inner tube and an easily detachable casing.They were the prototypes of the modern auto mobile tires.What is declared to be one of the most i; far-reaching developments in re- nt, •• years in the automobile industry is the1 t! production of the larg, .-e.-ilun, thin • waled, pneumatic tires kn,wn us ••Ball ; oon” tire.This development concerns j not only the tire industry but it also ha-; had a strong effect upon tho design oi'j passenger cars.1 at The advantages claimed for these new and make hnppinc-t i res aro greatly improved riding quali- lit y to one and all The women’s -ays this survey j advanced by tii I party that work a great privilege 54 hours a week, inteded lo prove Fur workers of New York on strike I IS hour week, an for shorter hours defend their demand 1 a statement in in ; report entitled “Why the Furriers I Polish, which en pay pensions m one or two Need the Forty-Four Hour Week.” It , without Consider; provinces, and sugge-is that such action bused on u study made by the Work- -ibility of dec re would be unconstitutional, and that ers’ Health Bureau, in which it is stat- __________ people in provinces not ready to be- ed that under present conditions come partners in the pension scheme " workers are thrown on the economic would protest against any proportion (scrap heap years before their time.” the city to prove g -lativc committee ! -troys tho 'argument National Woman’s •ig women consider it I,,, allowed to work !' , questionnaire was a : women oppose the was accompanied by English, Italian and : a-ized unfairly and 1 ,n of facts the pos, d wages.APRIL IS SUGARING TIME Always Something Good LOEW’S The Union-Right-Through Million Dollar Playhouse ÜPER1ALTHEATRE Keith’s high class vaudeville and pictures of the usual high class NO CHANGE IN PRICES Wires ami Cables—'Telephone Apparatus Fire Alarm amt Police Signalling Systems—Itndlo Transmitting and Receiving Equipment Made In Canada by Northern Electric Plant and General Offlees MONTREAL, P.Q.SOUTHERNCANADAPOWER CO., LTD.COHISTINE Ill'll.DING MONTREAL f the Dominion taxes collected.It is Medical examinations by question then.whether the Dominion ! health department arc quote.pension • until of heme can •it aui al i e H i n.j * r, * v¦incial governments agree become partners—and that will not cur in a hurry or a decade or two.O.' ¦ Equality of opportunities will surely lolish poverty, tend to equaliz Rural Quebec i,-presents, for the enjoyment of the inhabitants of the larger cities, the nr.,lent and honorable pastime of Sugar; g Bees.Every year at the close of tin- Winter and with tlie beginning Spring, the most picturesque of Freneli-C-anadi: , customs is in vogue aro valued at $155,000,000 j throughout tho I ureiitinn mountains, where parties gather to witness the ; tlie oc.-upntionnl evils of this industry.“New York city is the richest fur , enter in tlie United States,” an offi-j cial summary of the report said.“It fur produc THE NATION LANCIVERS A short comfortable run through some of tlie most interesting scenes of Old Quebec and wo reach the city of the I’ariliameut of Canada, The journey itself is studded with beautiful and nt-tiactive sights and every now and again you gain a peep at a church steeple peeping at you through à grovo of trees and marking the site of some village.Many fine lakes and a rolling hilly country gratify the eye as you sit back ia your easy chair in tlie observation r and watch tho miles-slip behind you SIMMONS, LIMITED Bedding Specialists 400 St.Ambroise Street MONTREAL Lipping of the ir-t flow of Maple |smoothly and as it seems almost with • is are ofiered fast,lout effort .All tho social world of I •I1 out of a total of $198,000,000 for the entire country.This surplus is being I < v ' ’ "V M "f tho 12.(100 j eomG.rtnldo train Tip to the sugaring I Canada is at the capital during the .vriilth ; i ur w i now ou strike LLTuinst uliaO’ bees by tho Canadian Pacific Railway.j suasions of Parliament.and the vice* 1 ! 1 • i- ’i1 ¦ Weld;iii_r -nditions that sap then At 0.15 every Sunday morning a train j re^al court affords many interesting j 1 \y .-ridue.'vitality and threw tin in oil the scrap leaves from the Place Vigor Station functions.Trains run at convenient | I heap in the prime of lib’.which stops at Mont Holland, Vnl Mo-1 hours and a visit to Ottawa and ro- Tortcz des habits iVunion.A.PRINCE Marchand-Tailleur .AZARIE CARON, coupeur 440 Ontario Est.Tél.Est 2815 F N otice “The seasonal nature of the industry *>«'¦ -Vjrathe, Shawbridge, Piedmont, turn can easily bo managed within the , ., , • ; Me.Marguerite.Districts such as Lc-! Liao of one day.See any Canadian h'"A' 011 .1 workers out ot s.|gCj just off the railway line, are1 I’aeific Railway Ticket Agent for full employment during the winter months, made easily accessible.Hotelkeepers particulars or phono or write to F.C.The Editor takes this opportunity of informing the public generally, and the many friends of the “Labor World” in particular, that Mr.C.D.Cliffe has severed his connection with the paper entirely and is no longer connected with the “Labor World.” I Tho outstanding hazards of the trade! are fully equipped to eater to parties i are dust and poisonous dyes.The air: and are ready at all times to provide in fur shop is laden with harmful dust ; *ood.lodging, sleighs, horses and other from animal skias which have been •'l11'"1.1-' thing.-; at low rates.lor iu- , , ., .formation ns to rates, schedules, etc., powerful eh, lineals.Poi , .,, , .•> ., , ., , : 11 * I " N to It.G.Amiot, District l’assen- j" - .11 t,,c lr;"lls include L,,.,.Agent, Windsor Station, phone ursol, arsenic and lead.” Main 3K}0’; trente.souous us ii.vdon, City Passenger Agent, 143 St.James St,, phono Harbour 4211.Tho work unit is scientific.It has no i-ln-s appeal and can bo demonstrated tho same as one would explain a proposition of Euclid.—II.S.Ross.^gWjO_KEEP_Ill After our Io,ng system is run doom and, ^ ^ up, but discretion Qge wfjjch will ever in selecting ™6 v V contribute ,alt r'T £t’£SS!u%i uihen brewed u 0Ssess unequalled haVe been found to PJ«*» properties, nufritice and.sirnnW CR0\V?V STOUT, such as exist «n DOW CR^ndorsed by DOW CROWN STOUT i" fe/n AT THE PLAYHOUSES immmmuimmmimmmummttt AT TIIK PALACE tly ( fully Matured ) PH.OO.R.qdn.l the Front," a Paramount eotne-_ of tin.* A.10.1