Le monde ouvrier = The labor world, 1 décembre 1921, dimanche 4 décembre 1921

6ième Année — No 49 DIMANCHE, 4 DECEMBRE 1921 - MONTREAL - SUNDAY, DECEMBER 4th, 1921 6th Year — No.49 t \ Lisez notre Supplément sportif LE STADE autrefois ftefator ümiû (Ûüwirr Lisez notre Supplément sportif LE STADE autrefois Rédaction et administration: 9 et 11 rue Saint-Paul Ouest.“INSTRUIRE ET AMELIORER” Téléphone: Main 1698 — Le numéro: CINQ SOUS PARTOUT (Avis Spécial.) AVANT LE SCRUTIN Nous en sommes pratiquement il la j K-OSS, Meigheil “veillée des armes”.Nos candidats ouvriers ont confiance dans le prochain verdict électoral.SERVITEURS OU MAITRES C'eut donc mardi prochain que 1rs citoyens du Canada se don itérant de nouveaux maîtres ou se choisiront de.Ions serviteurs.Rlll.oro quelques jours et la présente Quel que sod le insultai de cette consultation populaire au point de campagne politique aura vécu, l’ro vue.des partis, la majorité du futur gouvernement sera assez faible uostiquer quel sera le résultat n’est et la tâche ipii se dressera decant lui énorme.Au cours de la campagne électorale, bien des promesses fantaisistes ont été faites.C’était dans l’ordre.Les appels aux préjugés de.classes, de races, de religions et de partis n’ont pas manqués non plus.C’était de tradition.C’est pourquoi l’on peut affirmer que la très grande majorité des électeurs voteront non pas d’après les mérites dis programmes politiques préconisés par les différents candidats, mais plutôt d’après l'influence ambiante des milieux, d’après la tradition qui veut qu’un fils vote comme sou père, ou encore, d’après la couleur arborée depuis l’âge de vingt-un uns.L’on devient électeur, mais l’on naît bleu ou rouge.Voilà tout! Et si on a l’audace sacrilège de changer de parti, de virer son capot de bord.on est montré du doigt, marqué au fer rouge, quand bien même les politiciens, eux, troquent leurs principes pour de vils intérêts.La semaine dernière, j’ai démontré qus la question du tarif n’était pas envisagée d'une façon pratique ni par l’un e.i par l’autre des deux partis politiques.Quoiqu'il en soit, la question tarifaire n’est à mes peux ni la seule ni la plus importante des mesures en cause dans la présente élection.Il g en a une autre qui semble avoir été reléguée au second plan, mais qui les dominent toutes.C'est la question des chemins de fer.Autour de celle-ci.il g a des millions en jeu.Le C.P.IL est engagé dans la partie comme quelqu’un h' la Société ; «les Nations, le Congrès chargea l’U-nioti «les Associations Internationales, dont M.1/ifontaiui', représentant belge «laus l’Asosmblée «le la Société «les Nations, est un «les secrétaires, d’approcher la Société en vuo du développement «lu travail intellectuel sur une échelle internationale, M.José Martin décrivit la marche de son organisation eu Franco, et mit le congrès eu garde contre le «langer «b- tenter une organisation internationale avant que tous les travailleurs intellectuels aient été organisé* sur une base nationale.Le représentant «lu Bureau international ! lu Travail informa le « agrès «pi’il n’y la dans le texte «le la constitution de l’Organisation internationale du Travail rien qui l’empêche «le traiter avec Iles travailleurs intellectuels, mais i! | fit cette déclaration sous réserve de j l'opinion du Conseil «l'administration, i qui n'a pas encore ét«- appelé à définir son altitude sur ¦ point.Le congrès a adopté la ré*, utiun suivante: •*Le Congrès des Travailleurs Intellectuels, tenu à Bruxelles du 20 au 22 août 1921: (1) prend eu considération le projet «l'une confédération internationale des travailleurs intellectuels «pii lui a été soumi-; «2i charge la Couféilératiou des frai ailleurs Intellectuels «l'organiser un«’ propagande '«bins les divers pays en vue de cotisti-j tuer dans chaque pays une organisation internationale «le travailleurs in-tcllectuels, affiliés à la Confédération ! Internationale; (3) charge l’Union des Associations Internationales de communiquer immédiatement avec les or-• gatics de la Société * Nations ot l'Office Internationa! «lu Travail sur la.question ci-dessus.” «i>2, «m GRAND EUCHRE ET BAL Du Conseil du District des Charpentiers-Menuisiers i-1 « i mol -s préparatifs «le cette et d’être un succès déjà de nombreux «««.-tés.Nous espérons * du mouvement ou ««ut les Charpentiers sera donnée dans la «riiim.229 Ontario prochain, à S heures.ILS Les ouvriers de l’usine Ajax, à Trenton, N.J., aux Etats Unis, en vue «le prévenir une réduction probable do h-or salaire de 10 à 34 pour cent, ont ) tésolu «le s’organiser.si «-es ouvriers s'étaient organisés •¦'us tld.les patrons n'auraient peut -¦'•r.pas osé leur imposer une telle rédtic-n.mai*, comme on «lit, il vaut mieux ' tnnl que jamais.l.i- "uvrii-r- oublient trop souvent «•n ,‘ftYt, que les patrons ont tout iu-téi.'-t à ,-e qu'ils ne s'organisent pas .hi"!,s.Il* devraient donc tous s'or _ .-«-r pour *e protéger contre lu eu- )p;,ii'é «le leurs employeurs.LA GREVE DES CORDONNIERS T.a grève «les cordonniers à l’emploi «le la Ames Holden Mi'Kcady, tant à Montréal qu'à St-Hyacinthe, en est toujours au même point.Same«li «lernier, un comité de gréviste* « • 111 une entrevue avec la compagnie, offrant de retourner au travail aux 'militions d'avant grève et de soumet-11 « ¦.ensuite, le différend à l’arbitra-g««.La compagnie refusa catégoriquement l'offre, pourtant conciliante des i-iirilonuiers, s’en tenant à sa proposition première de réduire «le 15 pour • ¦«tnt l«'s salaires peu auparavant réduits de 20 pour cent.Les choses en sont là et les cordonniers.forts «le leur bon «Iroit.tiennent bon.1! en est de meme à St-IIyacinthe où, nous a-t-on informés, personne ne travaille en ce moment.Avis spécial Votez pour Marier et la prospérité ‘•L’économie, le progrès et l’honnête-te doivent prévaloir’ , toile est sa devise Un changement do gouvernement est en vue.Ouvrier, rnppcllo-t’cn.Ne te laisse pas prendre aux sarcasmes de Meighen.N’oublie pas quo le voile du tarif n’est utilisé que pour te cacher la dette nationale, la conscription et l’imbroglio des chemins de for.No te I laisse pas tromper par certaines uppu-I ronces peut être fuvornbles mais sou i viens-toi plutôt que l’état actuel des affaires du pays est sensiblement le i meme que celui do 189ti, alors que le ! grand Laurier fut porté nu pouvoir par la [dits forte majorité connue jusqu’à* lors.Avec lui, le t'nmuln connut une période île prospérité sans précédent.Ton vote pour Marier est un des facteurs de la victoire du vieux et grand parti libéral, il signifie l'anéantissement des “grafters”, du tra vnil en abondance et bien rétribué.Il veut aussi dire un gouvernement honnête parmi une population paisible.imaginez eo quo sera le prochain cabinet après mardi prochain.Des hommes comme Marier, sir 1.orner Gonin, lion.Walter Mitchell, lion.Mackenzie King, lion.W.S.Fielding, le doyen des chefs libéraux, sont tout désignés pour eu faire partie.Quand vous lirez les résultats, mardi pro chain, vous vous réjouirez d’avoir voté pour Marier et la victoire plus même que pour Laurier eu 1896.Marier a pour devise un changement pour le mieux et son élection amènera une politique d’économie et do protection, un gouvernement pur le peuple et pour le peuple.AU CLUB OUVRIER, DE MAISONNEUVE B.Bouvrotto en est exclu Ce club n eu, le 15 novembre dernier, une assemblée générale régulière.à son local habituel, situé 2-152 rue Ontario Est.Cette réunion, qui fut des plus intéressantes, fut marquée par la présentation de la résolution suivante: “Il est proposé par E.Girard et J.Lapierre que le eamnrado B.Bou-vrette soit censuré par le Club Ouvrier Maisonneuve pour l'attitude prise par lui depuis la convention ouvrière du 30 octobre dernier.” Une asscnibléo générale extraordinaire du elub eut lieu peu après, le 20 novembre, à 2 h.30 p.m., au même endroit.Le camarade Bouvrotto, in-1 vitê par lettre à venir y expliquer sa conduite et les motifs de son attitude: électorale, s’était excusé, par lettre, également, de no pouvoir assister à la j reunion, donnant en même temps les (taisons qui lui dictaient la ligne do conduite qu’on lui reprochait.L’as-, semblée ayant dûment pris connais- | sance de cette lettre et en ayant im- j partialement discuté les mérites, en I vint à la conclusion que le contenu n'était nullement satisfaisant, à la suite de quoi l'exclusion de Bouvrotto UNE VENTE DE BONS COMPLETS A 19.75 SAMEDI, CHEZ GOODWIN (Vs complets en beaux tissus croisés et “worsteds” non finis, ainsi t|uVn serge bleue ou noire, nous ont coûtés beaucoup plus que.19.75 Modèles élégants pour tous les goûts et toutes les tailles.Ce soul des séries désassort ies, voilà le pourquoi du bas prix .19.75 LES MEILLEURS PARDESSUS A 29.75 l’isters ou modèles de fantaisie avec coi ni tire ou demi-eeiiitlire pour jeunes gens.( i random's 36 à 46.Ce ne sont (pie deux occasions parmi tant d’autres dont vous pouvez profiter samedi, chez (lood-win.I il rc:-il< rliiuissi'r.Limited du Club Ouvrier Maisonneuve fut vu t«c à l’unanimité.A cette même assemblée, le Club a, avec non moins d'unanimité, endossé la candidature ouvrière et indépen liante du camarade Zoël Tardif qui, comme chacun sait, brique les mifl'ra ges dans Maisonneuve.Slimmer Hoarder.I overalls working in man or a woman?Farmer.—If it’s wiium ii.I sac a pair of the field.Is il a working, lie’s a CHARPENTIERS MENUISIERS Le local 13 des Charpentiers et Me ; îmisiers do Montréal a organisé depuis une année des soirées éducatives qui ont lieu (mis les premiers du mois.Des orateurs de diverses organisa lions ouvrières y ont.exposé la ques tiou ouvrière sous toutes ses formes.Organisations des unions, usages eo opératifs, Lois sociales et Us revend! entions ouvrières, etc.Le local 134 vient de s'assurer le concours d’un professeur «le la ville sympathique à la classe ouvrière j «.ni r lundi soir prochain, le 5 décembre pro chain, au No 117 Ontario Est.Salle No 1.«Sa causerie portera sur l’évolution; de la classe ouvrière à travers le* âges, ses droits actuels et que devraient être) ses droits dans l'avenir.Nous pensons que tous ceux qui s'intéressent à leur sort asissteront à cette assemblée.Unionistes comme non unionistes de tous les métiers y seront les bienvenus.BUREAU DE PLACEMENT PROVINCIAL Francis Payottc, Surintendant Heures do bureau: 9 a.m.à 5 p.m.Sous le contrôlo du Gouvernement do la Provinco de Québec.8-10 rue Saint-Jacques Tél.Dépt.des femmes: Main 2133 Tel.: Dépt.des hommes: Main 2241 Nous plaçons, gratuitement, les hommes, femmes et jeunes ?ns.Nous offrons du travail aux Journaliers ot Ouvriers tq partennnt à tous les corps «le métiers: Dans les fabriques, les usines, les travaux de la en istriiction ou «le l’agriculture.Nous of’rons îles places dans les Hôtels, Restaurants, Bonnes places pour domestiques, hommes et femmes.Ingénieurs, chauffeurs, Débardeurs et Terrassiers.Commis et Sténographes.Les propriétaires et agents des chantiers saont tout spécialement invités à présenter leurs demandes au Bureau Provincial.Why the Workingmen should vote for Sir Lomer Gouin BELOW will be found a summary of the various benefits realized by til.' working classes under the administration of Sir Lomer Gouin at Quebec.No Canadian statesman, it can confidently be asserted, possess such an enviable record in this respect and the workingmen of Laurier-Outremont division should carefuly consider this record and then ask themselves if they would be well inspired on the 6th of December to jeopardize their own interests by voting for another candidate and thus running the risk of loosing the substance for the shadow.The workingmen of Laurier-Outremont division will do well to take into serious consideration the fillowing facts:— Sir Lomer Gouin granted large subsidies for the maintenance of night schools, and schools of Art and Manufactures as well as creating technical schools from all of which the workingmen profited greatly.Sir Lomer Gouin established the Board of Factory Inspectors which is said by competent autorities to be the best organized one in America.Sir Lomer Gouin established Councils of Conciliation and Arbitration for the settlement of disputes between capital and labor.Sir Lomer Gouin made the use of special apparatus for the prevention of accidents, compulsory.Sir Lomer Gouin organized a board of examiners to ascertain the qualifications of engineers and of inspectors of steam boilers.Sir Lomer Gouin amended the law so as to place all public buildings under the supervision of the factory inspectors.Sir Lomer Gouin amended the law respecting factories and public buildings so as to protect health and secure the comfort of those who work in them.Sir Lomei Gouin regulated the conditions under which women and children can be called upon to work in factories.In 1907, Sir Lomer Gouin had it enacted that no child under 14 years of age shall be employed in factories.In 1907, Sir Lomer Gouin had it enacted that girls and boys under 16 shall not be employed in factories unless they can read or write, or unless they attend a night school.Sir Lomer Gouin had it enacted that the benefits to which members of mutual benefit societies are entitled, as well as the life rents created under the Federal Act of 1908, are not liable to seizure.In 1906, the Gouin Government had an act passed authorizing; the formation of co operative syndicates.In 1906, the Gouin Government had a severe measure enacted against usury.In 1907, the Gouin Government also appointed a Commission to solve the question of accidents to Wüÿ-rtmen.That Commission has made a report and an act has been passed for the better protection of workmen, who are victims of accidents.In 1908, the Gouin Government made the inspection of scaffoldings used by builders compulsory.In 1908, the Gouin Government got the House to adopt a resolution to secure fair wages for workmen employed on public contracts of work subsidized by the State.In 1909, the Gouin Government appointed a Commission por the protection of consumers and the public against the abuses by Public Utility Companies, such as transportation, water-work, light, lie.at, etc., companies.SIR LOMER GOUIN, K.C.M.G, IN 1909, the Gouin Government, established in Montreal, a museum of apparatus for preventing accidents to workmen.In 1910, the Gouin Government had itself authorize to est.ab lish employment bureaus in cities and towns.Two bureaus were opened, one in Montreal and the other in Quebec, in April 1911; and a third was opened at Sherbrooke in 1912.In 1912, the Gouin Government obtained authorization for school boards to supply children with free school books.In 1912, the Gouin Government had a law passed compelling the owners of textile factories not to employ women and children for more than 55 hours a week.In 1912, it abolished the real estate qualification for the position of alderman of Montreal.» In 1912, it removed from the charter of the city of Montreal the section which disfranchised ratepayers who had not paid the water tax.In 1912, it abolished costs in suits under $25.In 1912, it obtained authority to appoint representatives of the working classes on the boards of directors of the Quebec and Montreal technical schools.In 1912, the Gouin Government caused to be inserted in the Election Act the principle of “One man, one vote” and so placed the workman on an equal footing with the millionnaire or large property owner.Besides, during the summers of 1913-1914 and 1915, it gave employment on the roads to a great number of workmen who were out of work, on account of the financial and industrial crisis.In 1914, it had a law passed relating to sanitary dwellings whereby the municipalities are authorized to guarantee, on first-mortgage security, the loans made by companies for the construction of dwelling houses for workmen.In 1914, the Gouin Government has passed a law relating to stationary engineers.In 1918, the adoption of a law providing for one day of rest each week for employees in certain industries.In 1919, the adoption of a law providing for a minimum wage for women.In 1919, a law authorising the appointment of a Deputy Minister of Labor.In 1919, a law amending the law of industrial establishment rebating to the employment of children, in virtue of which an employer cannot employ a child younger than 16 years at least when he cannot read and write.In 1919, the adoption of a very important amendment to the Workingmans' accident law.In 1919, the adoption of a law relating to the construction of workingmen's houses.Such is tho record of what the man who is now seeking the suffrages of the electors of Laurier Outremont did for the working classes whilst he was Prime Minister of Quebec.Could there be any stronger or more eloquent proof that Sir Lomer Gouin is a sincere friend of the working classes and that lie is entitled to their support.It is very easy to make promises but it is performances that could count and the proof of Sir Lomer Gouin’s performances is to be found in the statement which litis been given.The mere statement of facts is more convincing «and eloquent than any comments could he.The working classes will undoubtedly show their appreciation of what the Liberal standard bearer in Laurier-Outremont did for them when Premier of.Quebec, when they have the opportunity.Such an opportunity the electors of Laurier-Outremont will have oil December 6th, 1921.Workingmen of Laurier-Outremont Division, rally to the support of Sir Lomer Gonin, the Friend of the Workingmen, the Man who did things for you.Ladies are specially asked to vote early, on Tuesday next, as there are only 162 Polls for 35.000 Voters, while in 1917, there were 145 Polls for 15.000 Voters. {.—, Editorial and Business Office: 9-11 St.Paul W., Montreal Phono MaLi 1608 SUBSCRIPTION: $2.00 pe- year Payable in advance imiip (0uomf The OFFICIAL BILINGUAL MOUTHPIECE OF MONTREAL'S ORGANIZED WORKERS 6th Year DIMANCHE, 4 DECEMBRE 1921 — MONTREAL — SUNDAY, DECEMBER 4th, 1921 PRICE: 5 CENTS 'i 1 ?) > A CLOSE UP OF UNEMPLOYMENT Tlio I allowing excerpts from news-' |.:ipers oil over this continent gives a I i iin- close up regarding unemployment1 olid this paper is indebted to that re markable friend of tile people “The l.itcrary Digest” for it.I’.verv worker must be interested in the opinions of bis fellows, as eve-j mman is disciplined by the opinion j el his co workers.The letters from the tronchon used ;e bring home to us the realities of war more strongly than pages of official reports, in the same way, the whole truth about unemployment can not be learned from columns of Labor Department statistics, reports of the Unemployment Conference, or; even from the formal statements of such well-informed men as Herbert Hoover and Samuel (lumpers.The editor of a trade union paper in Bridgeport, or South Omaha, may not be j able to make an elaborate analysis of nation-wide unemployment, but he has something to tell us about the proportion of jolis to workers in his own city.And this editor is also like lv In have a very definite idea of what ought to be done about it.To bring together for our readers these various dose up views, and thus to,, give a more vivid realization of what j those nearest the workers think about the lack of work, we have asked sev-1 eral hundred labor editors to tell us I whether they find things growing j better or worse, and what remedies] they would recommend.As a whole, the answers-which come front thirty Status and forty important industrial cities—bring cheer, for they seem to show that the Unemployment Conference’s program for immediate relief is succeeding, and that the situation is improving.Half of the atnwcs received report a lessening of unemployment, while fewer than a score of labor editors believe conditions tire becoming worse.In a very general way conditions scent to be worse in the East than in the West and South.The most pesai-j mistic reports come from New Kug-Innd, New Jersey and l’onnsylvnnin, j and from such important cities as New York, Chicago, Pittsburgh, Oillti ha, Cincinnati, Duluth, Des Moines.SI.Paul, and Washington, D.C.Me , hauics in Pennsylvania, quarry workers in Vermont, bakers in Chicago, j and butchers in Omaha report a drearv outlook, as do also cigar mak ; i ts and wood carvers.Hotel and res (mirant employees are joining t he I ranis of the unemployed in growing numbers, says their organ, “The Mixer ami Server” (Cincinnati), owing to “the steady increase of the sell serve or cafeteria sH le of ‘eat shop1 .On the other hand, we hear of improved conditions in up-Stutc New York, Ohio.West Virginia, Illinois, Indiana, .Michigan Tennessee, (leorgia, Alabama, Florida, Texas, Oklahoma.Missouri, Iowa, Colorado, 1 tali and { California.Certain editor' in Kansas sad North Carolina report that the unemployment situation has not been .rilieal in their respective Katies.A I nge number of replies tell of increns j ni activitity and consequent routi ployaient in printing and ai’.lied trades j ami there arc also assertions of more | work in 111 various building trades, in the textile mills, in tlie iron and steel plants, and in the mines.The “Do lt Now” campaign, launched by the Unemployment Conference nd supervised bv the committee head'd by Colonel Arthur Woods, seems to have been stirring up a number of coiiimitlces to immediate activity in 1 he construciton of public works, by iiirh thousands of men have been j I - en jobs.And it is significant that this particular campaign is the only remedy sngegsted by any large number of the labor editors who have re ; o-d to our questions.Nearly half of ¦ l.eiu insist upon this method of im 'iii-diato relief.Undoubtedly, writes oi Ohio editor, “much could be a,- i "inplished if effort were made to ad nice building programs, encourage ¦ -o !.of a public nature, such as street '•pairs, grading, sewering, extension "f waterways, improvement of park I-.county and State road work.”! And much, they tell us, is being accom j .hcl.Two labor weeklies of Roches • .New York, speak ot the large pub A building program which has been ".ill-lied by their city government.; 'flic Bone Star Stale is especially net- j o, Texas labor papers report.The biate has a definite program that a delayed on account of the war bn! has now been urged into being lin in order to employ farm work- ¦ during winter, and keep them from ¦ wiling into the citio".San Antonio starting the construction of ling ¦ d public buildings and .dreet o cnieiits.Fort Worth is now build -1 fire stations and swimming-pools ' ¦ provide for future demands, and is minting all it" railroad grade c.ros-I’rivate.eitizens have agreed to their building and repair work at ""1 '- instead of waiting, and a build loan company will oncourngo would be home owners.The county authorities will spend $100,000 a month tor some time to come on road-building and repairs.Despatches in the daily papers tell of similar activities in I’ortland, Me., Springfield, Mass., Worcester, Mass., Buffalo, Dayton, Savannah, and Tulsa.’Ihe taxpayer, of course, pays tlio wages of the men employed on public works.But labor editors would not leave the entire burden there.Bet employers provide work, say several, ir- res|.live of profits.Employers will be able to provide more work for wage-earners, It is suggested, if they spend less money on high salaried executives, expensive advertising and so-called “efficiency systems.” Or, if the cm plovers can not provide more work, let them, in the words of “The Pennsylvania Babur Herald”, “reduce the hours and employ all men part time.” A shorter week and -liorter hours are suggested.Establish a universal eight-hour day, advises a Kansas editor, then “if all are not employed, make a six hour day till there is enough work for the eight hour day.” Then, it is suggested, if employers can not or will not furnish work to all, let them step down and allow the Government or the workers to take over the idle plants.Among the large number of miscellaneous suggestions appear a few admissions that wages might lie lowered.The Erie (Fa.) “Labor Journal” feels that “workers should realize that the wartime wage is,a thing of the past,” just as retail business men -hould be willing to take their losses and lie sati tied with the profits they made during the war.And a labor editor in Indiana remarks that “workers are too choie.y about their jobs as a rule; plenty of farm work needing men.but not at seven or eight hours a dav, or double time for overtime ; plenty of work for those who will work in the old fnshioned way, and help to do things.” These suggestion' contrast with a larger number of protests against wage reductions.“Give tlio workers wages that will allow them to buy the commodities which must be old.” says one.“Cheap wages never made a good town,” observes another, and a North Carolina paper states the argument for high wages as follows: “The wage earner must function in a dual capacity: as a producer and as a consumer.With modern, power-driven machinery and the factory method, as a producer, he is highly successful; he produces all the necessities and lux iiries of life in superabundance.But ns a consumer he cannot buy according to iis desires or needs, ho can buy only to the limit of his wages, and his wages arc sufficient to buy off tlio market only a small part of the goods liis labor lias put ou the market.“Obviously then, the higher wages ¦re.the more the wage earner can buy, and tin' more he can buy, the greater the number that can be employed in producing.’ ’ Sharp demands are made for lower retail prices and lower prices on building materials.Many of these spokesmen for labor can find something more for the Government to do than to start building new bridges and post .-offices.A prompt revision of taxes is essential to the return of prosperity, we are told.Speedy tariff re vision is demanded by several editors, some of what want it “down”, and others “up”.There arc protests against the waste of Government funds in war construction.The Federal Government is also requested to set up an employment service, to reestablish price regulation, to repeal prohibition, to on tionali.o the mines, to build a system of Federal highways, to launch new water-power and reclamation projects, to deport alien laborers, to give ex service men their bonus, to assume control of finance, and to investigate Wall Street.The financial side of unemployment is taken up by a number of editors who believe that the bank ought to extend credit more freely, that they are making it too difficult for builders and basilics men to carry on and cm plow “Stop the bankers' strike”, cries the Cincinnati “Labor Advocate”.And the Sacramento “Tribune” denounces t lie bankers as the “slackers” of today, saying: “'I'lie banks must loosen up their hoards of money, factories must run, f.-irmij^^^usl have money, merchants must, l^^noney, and as the bankers have it all lied up, solving the unemployed problem is up to them”.Better relations between capital and labor are essential to any permanent cure of unemployment, say several labor editors.Until the employers’ organizations have definitely called otf the “so-called union shop fight”, employers in many lines will bo timid and ultra - conservative in their operations”, declares “The Labor Herald” of Newport, Kentucky.The Duluth “Labor World” feels that, some of these anti unionist employers are renl-Iv responsible for unemployment.“The men who control the industrial destiny • if America”, it says, “are not yet ready for the return of good times.I hey have not succeeded in boating wages down as low as they want them to be.They have not completed the job they started at the close of tlio war.” Other writers are less bitter, simply asking employers to try harder to cooperate with the workers.Several interesting suggestions are ] made regarding the railroads.The call for lower freight rates is frequent.No building or industrial boom, says “The National Labor Tribune”, Pitts-| burgh, can lie "started until freight rates drop.There is a call for government ownership and operation.It is suggested that at Mho other railroads copy the methods used by Henry Ford in liis Detroit, Toledo and lronton plants.An organ of railroad workers does not understand “ just why thousands of good cars and locomotives sligntly out of repair on the ‘rip tracks’ of railroads throughout the country should be kept out of service when needed to accommodate the business of the country.” If the railroads would ro-pair these instead of waiting for the construction of new rolling stock, “it would be the means of placing at work many men out of employment and preventing an actual waste in timber and metal.” The most sensational I suggestion comes from a Buffalo labor editor who would rebuild the entire I railroad system of the country.Rail j road tonnage, so to speak, has not' incrcaseu in comparison with lake and ocean tonnage.Increnso the railroad’s carrying capacity, he urges, by widen- ' ing the existing standard gage by two feet ami rebuilding and rolling stock accordingly.“You can readily see”, he continues, “that there would lie plenty of work for everybody.This improvement must be done by ail roads sooner or later to meet the demands of the commerce of the country.Why not do this work now when we need work the worst?” There ought to be lower rents and more building, agree several labor editors, and as a means to that end it is suggested that municipalities j told (Special Notice) ROSS, MEIGHEN AND VICTORY The time is here when every worker, j male or female, faces a vital issue.To glorify life, labor must have work.To vote right is to show intelligence.Labor las a torch bearer of liberty favors the defence id' OUR RIGHTS.| A vote for W.G.Ross in St.Antione INTERNATIONAL LABOR NEWS W.G.ROSS National 1.rial Conservative Camliate Saint Antoine Division, Montreal AUSTRIA Cost of Living Increases 120 per Cent in Vienna.—Comparative prices of August 1 and November 1, covering B"> necessary food commodities indicate an average increase of 120 per cent in tlio four months.Gas, electricity, coal and firewood have also in creased, but at percentages, varying from tit) to 80.Building.—At the beginning of tlio war Vienna was executing a program I that called for 537 new houses each for six years.This program had tu be I abandoned and in the first 10 months of lPSl, only JO dwellings have been erected.FRANCE Marseille.— Depression in shipping trade has resulted in laying off many seamen and increasing general unemployment.A tense situation has devo loped between ship owners and the seamen’s unions in the south of France for t Lis reason, and in several eases, sailings of vessels have been j delayed by striking crews.Paris—Official figures issued by the | Ville de Baris show that the average j income of a family of five persons in the city had increased .’10.A per cent since 191-1, while living costs have increased only 19.51 per cent.Interesting in this connection are the published conclusions of “Engel's Law of Domestic Consumption” that with increase the output per man, production is reported to have increased.The employers insist that this will be necessary to recover foreign markets.ECUADOR Compensation for Disabilities.—Congress has enacted a law providing insurance protection for all workmen, with compensation for accidents amount ing to half |iay during tenure of disability, and one year’s pay ns indemnity in ease of death.ENGLAND Increased Unemployment.—The sec ond week in November showed an increase of unemployment of 8,000.This is the first manifest of increase in two months.Mining.—Out of 200,000 miners cm ployed a year ago, 80,000 are now idle.This unemployment is said to be due to the inability of the eolleries to meet the wage settlement of last summer and operate with profit.Cornwall.—Conditions resultant from the closing down of mines here have been partially offset by marked increases in tlie exportation of china clay, one of tho principal industries of this county.ITALY Piedmont.— Endeavoring to force down the price of bread tho Workmen’s Cooperative Society are baking and selling bread at a price less than that fixed by the municipality, nun.NETHERLANDS i Strike of Metal Workers.— A strike | involving between -10,000 and 50,000 jthe increase of the family income the | employees in the metal trades is on ns j percentage expended for food de- a result of the decision of the employ' ' lighl aud clothing'.era to reduce wages.Membership in the ‘ ’ various unions of this trade lias increase ed from 6,000 in 1914 to 50,000 in reereation and savings increase.GERMANY provide for tax exemption on new I buildings.The readjustment of so-| called “seasonal” occupations would [ help, thinks one writer, while another asks for the elimination of tlio middleman.The “buy-now” movement has ills friends, while such mottoes as “do-jit now”, “have faith” and “just j hustle” find occasional utterance, j When asked to suggest a means for reducing unemployment, an optimistic, Iowa editor replies: “Nothing except to hustle for business; do one's full share in purchasing things needed in j business and home life; eliminate fear and pe simistic thought ; accept TO (DAY as “ near normal ” and forget to : make comparisons with 191-1 or previous periods.” A no less hopeful I world |Georgian writes: “The only thing wo|thut, j know is tnnt those who want work M-an get it if they look for same.” In sharp contrast wit li these replies j is that ni tho Fort Wayne “Worker”, j which can sec no permanent improve; meat while our cities are filled with peuple who have lost jolis and will jnot be wanted in them again for ' ears.The real unemployment problem, it says, is “how to get great numbers of our people out of the j towns and onto the agricultural lands’ .And this labor editor is _ inclined to I agree with Ihe Eastern blinker whom I Ice quotes as saying: “We must starve ndreds of thousands of families IT is THE DUTY OF EVERY WORKER TO VOTE ON TUESDAY for ROSS, and THE MEIGIIEN GOV ERNMENT.SAFETY FIRST is the motto.No cuinproiiiB with free trade.- :o ; of our towns and cities, out on to the , rural lands; STARVE them out, lie-[ cause there is probably no other way’ in get them out.” Bikewiso “The linker’s Journal” of Chicago timls conditions growing worse and none Cf the suggested remedies of any real ; value.It says: ••AH attempts to solve the unemployment problem, together with other ! economic questions connected with it, are nothing but wasted effort under jour present social system.The employing class insists on its profits, and j these profits can be made only at the expense of the working class.Tom-Iporary relief and so called reforms are ! nothing lint patch-work, and do not advance us one pace toward the solll-j tion of this important economic ques tion.Oulv by and more humane one we now leave and a solution to be found.” .ubstituting a Dotter social system for the can permanent relief the question nt issue VOTE FOR CAPTAIN TOM COONAN, Government candidate in St.Ann’s.Vote for protection and keep your job.If you have no job, a vote for Coonan will likely o’ct you one.Don’t fail to vote.-Ad.C i K ORG K S E T I E N N E C A R T I E R D IV I S i O N On December the 6th, 1921, Vote for S.W.JACOBS, K.C.THE OFFICIAL LIBERAL CANDIDATE AND THE CHOICE OF LAURIER IN 1917 VOTE EARLY.VOTE RIGHT Central Committee, 27, Prince Arthur, Tel.Plateau 2971.Other Committees, 132, Radiol, Tel.St.Louis 4117; 457 Boni.St.Lawrence, Tel.E.4722.Division n ans the defence of Canada, i (,r(1,ises.ru|)t It means that the worker will have his ’ ’ .’ ., , .,, , it.,;, .lemaiii normally proportionate, while ., 1 ¦ ’ , , i r percentages invested tor health, eiluc- Statcs caiiinit grab Canada and bring j.starvation to oar shores.Protection and j Meighen a a ; Ross are the embodiments of a slugs'! that means victory next j Increase of Seamen s Wages.—Sinco Tuesday.j *'lc average increase of pity of A def.-at next Tuesday of the old Con- acumen registered in 1921 is slightly so native principles will mean closed | ‘®ss t,lan those similarly engaged in mills, half time factories and misery an- IRELAND Priliibition.—Advocates of prohibe lion bave seized upon the extensive unemploymetn to press measures for prohibition of alcoholic boveragos.The battle rages around conflicting statements of the effectiveness of prohibition in tho United States.In l lster Province alone it is estimated that $45,000,009 is annually spent for drink.There are 45,000 wage earners idle in Belfast.Railroad Strike.—Engineers on two principal railroads, protesting a wage reduction of six shillings a week, nave struck.The Great Northern Railroad is not affected by the strike as the employees of this road accepted the reduction.The strikers are members of tho Irish Engineering Union.ITALY Milan.—The eighteenth Italian Socialist Congress adjourned here declared against the intimidation of tho j Third International, and refused nf- mem bers seceded from tiie body rollarv.MEXICO Workmen's Compensation.— Tho Chamber of Deputies is giving consideration to the first Workmen’s Compensation Aet to bo introduced in Mexico.By tlie proopsed law compensation is fixed in days' pay, standardized by wages received by the employee.The measure is said to be tuvored by the majority of the Deputies and lias fair prospects of becoming a law.WALES Cardiff.—Protests have come from tho miners because wages for November have been fixed at 79.05 per cent of the 1915 standard.It is predicted that this fixture may be reduced even further.Shipments of coal to San Francisco have been resumed since November 1.Rhonda.—As a result of a campaign among operators to induce miners to THE ARMOR BARON AND THE SCHOOL TEACHER But how are the nations to be educated when the money for tiieir education is being expended in instruments for destroying education?One of the most, amazing revelations to which the lias ever listened is tho fact .vliilst iiinotvtwo per cent of the present federal expenses of the United States represents provision for past and future wars, two per cent alone represents the cost of research, public i , Y , , , „,w'„4 , „ i mini international, and reUisi health, education, and development.And .,,i i • i, i.,.,,.i.Dilation with it.A communist is.as shy lock might nave remark- , ., , , , ' ' t lie 1921.Amsterdam.— Settlement has been effected in the dock strike, which lias been on for a month.Anticipating ili.it ihe International Labor Conference at Geneva, Switzerland, would consider agricultural phases, throe government experts were sent to represent the agricultural division of tlie country.JAPAN troubles.— During Labor troubles.— During the first ten months of this year there have been 307 strikes involving 40,245 employees.The practice of collective bargaining is growing in Japan.Women’s Wages.—Maximum wages from women in Japan, as given in a recent Government schedule, range from $32.40 to $34.90 per month.The lowest wage recorded is $3.49 per month.Women arc employed largely in the dye, chemical and foodstuff industries and the government service.Strikos Settled.—Strikers of the Tokyo Gas aud Electric Company, the Yokohama Dock Yard Co., and the Uru-ga Dockyard Co., have gone back to work upon receiving a 10 percent increase in wages.(Special Notice.) Vote For Tom Coonan and Good Government,.Now Mr.Worker, nmi^ Tty woman, your duty faces you on Tuesd.-ijr next.The fate of every worker stands in the balance.Starvation and misery will assuredly folow tlio free trade policy as prosperity and pence and progress will folow judicious protection.Weigli tho matter well.Do you want to have the.mills, and factories of good old St.Ann’s idle ami tin* great cara-vaaseries of industry of U.S.A.employing their milions while Canadians are starving and miserable.’ It is well known that the bright and intelligent workers of St.Ann’s want to be independent of Uncle Sum, want to have their full dinner pails mi l want the joy of a full days pay for a full days work.Vote for Tom Coonan, the man with a war record and a personal record in the riding as honorable and clean as a man could have.Vote for Coonan and the Meighen government and prosperity wil uncover her smiling face as never before.Canada needs the virilty of youth in her government.St, Ann's nc ds sons of her own breeding to look nf:er their interests in Parliament and on D,, ember 6th the sacred liberty of the f: a nciiis,» is yours to execute, and make no mistake bat.mark the cross for COONAN.Where is tho vaunted British liberty, if politicians can rob the people/if thidr living?Don’t let the big hit-«es>rii\; pf reciprocity shooters !¦.,d'\von astray and numb your conscience *b i vote for free trade or any of its handmaidens, VOTE FOR TOM COONAN AND WIN BACK THE WORK AND HAPPINESS THAT political mi-rtainty lias taken away from you.For information, Phone Main 7627 or Main 3732.Over-production.— Efforts to meet a condition of unemployment by manufacturing for storage lias resulted in considerable “frozen capital” because of no demand for tlio goods.Industries are overstocked with products; exchange rates are rising and unemployment is increasing.Depression in Watch Making.— The best export industries in this country, watch making and embroidery, are lie set by tlie greatest number of uuom-ployed in their history.URUGUAY Land Ownership.— Decrease in tlio number of farmers in ibis country lias been 30,(10(1 in tlie last, two years.It is estimated that 40 percent of all land in Uruguay is in tlie bauds ol 1,500 owners.t his ed, a Christian country enjoying benefits ni one thousand nine hundred and twenty-one years of Christian teaching.Tlie tragedy of tlie whole business : tlie light of tlie two per cent t" overcome the ninety-two per cent, li"' battle of tlie school-teachers against the armor barons.Gradually, however, the democracies of the world out I arc getting their eyes opened, but not even tlie democracies can lie taught to believe in tlie war of the battlefield whilst believing in tlie war of industrialism.M sr is war, whether it is waged with machine guns or by strikes, and oulv in the proportion in which a denier understanding of economic and poli-jlicnl problems can be brought home to the democracies, will it- be possible to appeal t-< these democracies against war.—Extract from Editorial Christian Science M i «n it nr.No.5, 1921.-:o :- KANSAS CITY I.A.M.ASK REFERENDUM IN SYMPATHY WITH MINERS Local No.27S of tlie International Associaii' ii of Machinists, located in Kansas City lias directed an appeal to William U.Johnston, president, for a referendum among Kansas machinists, calling i .-i- a strike in sympathy with the I Iowa 1 forces on strike.The local lias also voted a $100 monthly fund to tlie mincis until Ilowat is released.SPAIN - Classification —The fear of unemployment lias gone more deeply into tlie uu«pis ot the lias Barcelona, undertaken by tlie Government of all industries and professions in Spain with a view to making a constituent organization of employers and employees to prevent strikes and lockouts.Eight Hour Law.— By decree tho eight-hour law is in force on all Spanish railways.Two provisional oontin gencies arc inserted; voluntary and obligatory overtime; the tonner Applies to workshop labor and tlie latter to tho operation of trains.In no case shall the time be ovor fourteen hours per day and is limited to ten days a month, with 20 percent bonus for voluntary and from 25 to 50 percent for old i ga t ory overtime.SWITZERLAND Unemployment.— During the ten months of 1921 unemployment in this country lias increased 32 poroeut.Every industry in the country has been affected.working classes than any other problem ia modern society.There are so been | many of them who have gone through 'the experience of unemployment that the dread of a repetition of it haunts I them through life.You give a criminal three years’ imprisonment with hard labor, but you feed him.You pu-J nisli a man seeking work with t li roc I months’ want of food for himself aud his children.The State which permits that ought to be nalinmotl of itself.— Lloyd George in 1919.—Two pavement artists were boasting about their skill.“Do you know,” said one, “I painted a sixpence on the ground one day, and a boy nearly broke his finger try iug to pick it up.” “That's nothing to what T did,” said the other, “I painted a leg of mutton on a stone, and it was so real that a hungry dug ate half the stone before he found out his mistake.” (Railroad Telegrapher.) It’s time nerves.to show nerve instead of “A CANDIDATE FOR ECONOMY” Herbert Marier LIBERAL CANDIDATE ST.LAWRENCE ST.GEORGE DIVISION Committee Rooms: 354 BLEURY STREET Téléphones: I’hiloim '153-454-455 27‘/2 McGILL COLLEGE AVENUE I’, leplioiiiNs; Uptown 11H7-1 IBS, Dailies : .4151.VANCOUVER TRADES COUNCIL OPPOSES ELECTRICIANS’ BILL Vancouver Trades and Labor ( ouac.il has endorsed a resolution opposing the proposed Provincial Electricians Licensing Act.It is contended that the pro posed bill would enable the employers and government ofticials to blacklist employes, that it would keep the man with small means from getting into business and would in no way increase (lie efficiency of tlie work.It is olniiu-c,l by tin' electrical workers that if efficiency was desired, it could lie obtained by tlie enactment of legislation standardizing the installation of dec trical equipment.—-:o :- WANT WAGES REDUCED Chicago.— Four of the “big five” meat packers have called on their recently-organized company “unions” to prepare for wage cuts.Tho packers have not indicated how much reduction they want, but this can bo arranged later.The present move is merely preliminary.The workers in this industry who are members of tlie Amalgamated Meat Cutters and Butcher Workmen’s union have empowered their officials to call a strike if accessary.“I saw the dinkies little hat.this a ftcriiooli! ’ ’ “ Did you buy it?” “No! I’ve got to pick out one more expensive for my husband to refuse to buy so that I can compromise on this one! ” FORD'S LUMBERJACKS GET $4 AND BOARD Lumberjacks’ working for Henry Ford on his Houghton County (Mich.) lumber holdings this winter will receive a higher wage than has ever before been paid for a similar labor in tlie upper peninsula.Ford's agents announce that the.pay will lie $2.SO a day and board for the first month and $4 a day and board for the remainder of the winter.GARMENT WORKERS ARE WORKING FULL TIME Garment putting u| crease that I workers in Vancouver are on active campaign to in their membership.Members of cal are working full time, and orders arc on band to last till the end of the venr.This time last year tlie firm was laying off its employees.This present condition, it is reported, is due to the demand for union made goods, which demand, it is hoped, will be increased .VOTE FOR, CAPTAIN TOM COONAN, Government candidate ill St.Ann’s.Vote for protection and keep your job.If you have no job, a vote for Coonan will likely get you one.Don’t fail to vote.-Ad.CAN'T KEEP ’EM DOWN Two Highlanders stood looking at the imposing facade of a building in Westminster.The corner stone bore tlie date in Roman characters, “ MCMfV.” “Book at that, Angus,” said one, “I’ve never heard tiie name McMiv before, but.there’s a Scotsman who’s got his name on one of tlie finest buildings in London.Ye can’t, keep Yin down can ye?” The Wise Bird IS A FRIEND OF SANTA CLAUS AND OF YOURS TOO lie will find out what your friends and relatives really want and will tell you before you do your Christmas shopping.Think what a relief it would be for you to know that Elsie longed for a new book, when you had had in mind for her a pair of gloves and how pleased you’d be to know, quickly and easily, that Jack’s artistic soul would wgJeoniA a Burlington Art Print, or that the Browns (who really are the greatest puzzle on your list) would revel in a new lamp.Talk to the Wise Bird at Almv’s — give the names and addresses of those whose desires you wish to ascertain (don’t forget to mention where you live) and await results.Your name will not appear in any way, the Wise Bird lias methods all his own, and he will give you the information.MONDÎtAL-S LARGEST ^ « * i DIMANCHE, 4 DECEMBRE 1921 — MONTREAL — SUNDAY, DECEMBER 4th, 1921 Page 4 LeMonde Ouvrier-TheLaborWorld The Offlrlnl Bilingual Mouthpiece of Montreal Orgnnlrrri Worker» Member of the Membre de la Tresse Internationale Ouvrière d’Amérique Gn».FRANCQ, Editor and Publisher, Vice-President of the International Labor Press 9-11 St.Paul Street West MONTREAL At the Montreal Trades 4"‘ it1 snd Labor Council V ___ The Montreal Trades and Labour Council meet in regular session last Thursday evening, Vico President Manley in the chair.The new delegates seated were as follows: I).Bertkinume, A.Dubé, Y.Beausoleil and 11.Forua, No 52 Pressmen and assistants; C.Taylor and P.Ilicquey, of Car Men No 1S2; N.Ménard and C.Parenteau, local 455 of the Barbers.Del.Alphetus Mathieu presented the report of the Executive, which was along the following lines: “A report was read from the Police Union to the effect that the authorities should take measures to prevent bail being given to pickpockets, now so frequently under arrest in the city.The Council were unanimous in supporting this suggestion, and ordered the secretary to write the Minister of Justice to take action.A communication was read from the Shoemaker's Union No 7, asking that the Council should take steps to have some reduction made in the fares on the Tramways.The matter was kept by the Executive for study and to report back at a later date.Déport was heard from the striking typographical workers and reiterating their request,- for moral support and sympathy.-ii> was mentioned that re taliatory measures were being used at Freeman’s Hotel and the intention was to meet various important representative men, including Rev.Father Hingston, of Loyola Collego and others.All the nabobs there, he said, had gathered he thought, with the idea I of discussing t.he matter of uuemploy-I ment and better housing conditions, j He noted quickly that the whole tem-i per of the meeting was to blame all .| the ills of present conditions on Labor I Remember that Mr.Worker! Don’t be caught by tiio maelstrom of Meighon’s sarcasm.Don't forget the smokescreen of the tariff which is being used to make the voter forget the national debt, conscription and iho | railway muddle.Don’t bo fooled into but ! the opiate of promises of this and that, ' I but 'emember the conditions ol the Special notice Vote For Marier and Prosperity Economy, Progress and Honesty must prevail.His slogan for victory A change of government is in sight.i and it looked like a capitalistic bunch.| Iji fact, ho said they discussed about j everything in the world except what 1 they promised to discuss.lie protested at the meeting that Labor was not to blame and did his I best to try to got soino action ; nothing was done.The Council agreed with Mr.Lynch, 10ôUntiy, which almost parallels those I that Labor was not to blame and his j llt- jwhen the great Laurier report was adopted.i .wont into power with the greatest and NATIONALJtAILWAYS The improved financial showing of ' the Canadian National Railways for the 1 months of August and September has | received general and favourable com! nient in the Press thornghout the countiy.It will be of interest to the : public to see in graphic manner the j monthly advances made since the be I ginning of the year* The :ic.iinpanylng chart shows that O ating Expensed, ns indicated by j the upper line on the chart, were brought down, month by month, and that th drew gradually towards a meeting i the lower line, which indicates the Gross 1 Earnings.In August, the lines met ami crosse 1, showing a small margin to ! the good for that month.In September, the widening gap between the lines in-dieates net earnings of more than half a million dollars.The trend of th ‘sweeps' or 'curves', as they are some times termed, predict a much better showing in October.1 Those who were in close touch with the situation, and who knew what was any way patronize those who were op posing unionism.Moral support was granted.Speaking to tlie subject, Del.l'oiicher remarked that he feared the typos were not unanimous in their strike, because if they had been, the newspaper publishers would not be able to print their papers and thus have a weapon with which to fight the strikers.Something was wrong when simh a tien existed.Following this.Del.Alphetus Mathieu reported that the Executive had strongly recominanded that the Council should vigourously protest against the way the alien labor law wa- being violated.He pointed out how poorly the law was carried out in Canada and how well it was kept in the U.S.A.Here, capitalists or their henchmen, could go over to the States and hire strike breakers, bring them over here, and employ them and the Government "winked” at it.it took months of red tape and wearisome effort to get the strike breakers out.Ils urged that a committee of five should be appointed to study the question carefully and Thoroughly and report it to the next meeting of the Trades Congress of Canada, si tLat the Government might be forced to take some action to re- ; medv conditions noted.Del.R.Lynch in English, and Del.Belaud, in French, gave a copious re- i port of tlie proceedings which took ¦ place at the Labor Party convention, ' held at Longucuil in November last.Del.Pelletier reported fully on the last Labor Day celebration, stating that it was a great success from all points of view.Del.R.Lynch made an eloquent re port of a meeting to which lie had been , appointed a delegate.It was scheduled 1 being done bring about, opi •rating ; economies, coi llld : see well in ndvanc e, that 1 n eont inuatio 11 0 f these measures .with the usi Liai inc: renses in volume of traffic.: would bring 1 the lines together, an d that j with the sea: I erop movement .they ! should cross.I: t was hardly ex peeled j : that the mon ith of August, would show 1 net earnings, but reductions in the > costs ! ; ef mal :crials and supplies, couple- 1 with the readjustment nt' wage*, and t he in-j crease in Grt Earnings, were f Victors J ! which combi i led, cnabh-d th-* manage- ( | ment t o |»rod ne g a small balance : on the ! right f idr for At igust.The crop move- ' i ment ; > | her was sufficie nt to ! enable the in lueli better showing made ; A ft ?aturo the situation, which I ited a •at difficulty en count- | ered b y the mai îagemcnt in the; ir on- nut tli" deficit, i s gra- i nhicalB avei 1 by the chart which I shows that G : -'s- Earnings droppe Hi af-1 iter Fe bruarv: iat month s gross is, ! usually st in any year, and , com- | mènein« if with Ma reh, gross earnin ur> in- : variably v impr ove : but during the pres- r a nev V co ndition prevailed ; : the ! >C j || ?he months of April, Mav u, : tl- :h th se in the j mouths of Jai iuar v and Februarv.This was general, and af \ all lint If the usual trend of |earning :s had ii followed, the oper-1 atin^ lit* effected would have 1 brought together at an earlier! The i fhart a Iso sli v s that the greater reductions ia operating expenses WtTt I of IShti, when the great swept into power with the | majority ever known to a party.! with him came the greatest wave ot j prosperity Canada lias ever seen.Your vote for Marier means one | factor in the vote for victory of the grand old Liberal party; it means a complete shut down on the grafters ; ; and it means a full dinner pail for the j worker, a full pay envelope lor all and above all it means a peaceful people with an honest government.Picture the cabinet if you will of the new Government after next Tuesday.Men like Mr.Marier, men like sir 1.omer Gouin, Hon.Walter Mit-| obeli, Hon.Maokenize King, lion.V.that tiny i S.Fielding, the doyen of Liberal leading with , ors; an(j when you read the results Tuesday night, you will rejoice that you voted for Marier and victory, oven greater than the Lauirer conquest of 1 S!Hi.A change is the slogan and Marier will carry that banner to victory, coni pled with economy and protection as ; handmaidens to t he broad platform of Government for the people and by the people.At the big joint meeting of Ballan-tyne and Marier Tuesday night there was certainly a great ovation for Mr.Marier and he absolutely "brought down the house, when he exposed the Merchant Marine of the Government.Cheers for Marier were given and the greatest praise was to be heard on every side.The final shuts are nowbeing fired, and every day accumulates the sinews for victory which will be decided Tuesday night.Work hardis the ciilv thing to do, because it will be the only factor in the triumph for .in.my and Liberalism.Let every worker determine between now and Tuesday that lie or she will lie 1,.pile up a big majority for Marier and the i artv of Gouin and Laurier.Hon.Walter G-.Mitchell On The Tariff "In lSibi, Sir Wilfrid Laurier was face to face with an industrial problem similar to the one that we art.faced with today, when there are hundreds of thousands' of our workmen out of employment.What did he dot He created a tariff Bureau, and sent it through Canada, enquiring into the effect of the tariff upon local industries and local conditions.We would do the same today, and be guided bv the best trade experts available.Wo would devise OF HELP IN INDUSTRY THE NATURAL LAW OF COOPERATION IS PROGRESS —Tho following représentâtivo business houses aro sympathetic with Labor and are interested in the welfare of not only their own help but of workers generally.They believe in tho LABOR WORLD and aro assisting its policy of cordial relationship bctwcon Employer and Employee.::::::: A numbor of loading firms whoso namos do not appoar in this list aro friendly to labor and liavo shown tlioir sympathy in a practical way.HIS MAJESTY’S RUTII CHATTERTON lu Sir .1 nines Barrie's "MARY ROSE” No change in prices ORPHEUM THEATRE The rollicking comedy ‘ CHARLEY'S AUNT” Comfortable in any weather Savon IMPERIAL