: ‘Says automobile dealers
Should read Karl Marx

“is a direct link between the re-
cent attempt of a iWVancouver
automobile dealer to foist a new
_ (ar on the income-tax authori-
ties in ‘lieu of cash, and the un-
Shakeable theory of  surplus-
value so clearly set forth by Karl
“arx in that great and monu-
Mental work, Capital, In that
book Marx systematically devel-
_ ©ps his theory of surplus value,
Which maintains that the worker
's exploited in’ an inequitable
distribution of the products of
his labor by the owners of the
means of production. The sur-
plus is in the difference between
what he gets in order to subsist
8nd what is totally derived from
_ What he creates.

Our Vancouver automobile-
Gealer may or may not have
Studied Marx, but the simple fact

_ Ttemains that not only he, but
_€very other dealer on the conti-
nent of America is greatly con-
Cerned over the unsold thousands

_ °f brand-new cars (not to enlarge
©n the millions of used cars)

Which are piling up everywhere.
Selling cars is their livelihood.
They have cause to be worried.
Let's take a look at the spectre.

Tag it. out in the open.

___. Despite the innumerable face-
_ Heus attempts to prove old Karl
Sbsolete, our so-called ‘econom-
ists’ of today are being forced

nly not obsolete, but might be

n they themselves. There is
Nothing like the logic of events
© Prove the rightness or wrong-
ness of a theory. For example:

_ Commenting on recent eco-
Romic news from the U.S., Pro-
fessor Barnett Savary of the
University of B.C. states in part
ian article in the Vancouver
_ Sun, July 14, “Whatever happens,
Tam not going to the economist
for an answer. I was too badly
_ burned in the 1920's.
_ Trving Fisher of Yale University,
_ ne of most able economists in
_ the United states, had a book on
the press in the fall of 1929 in
Which he explained why there.
_ Were going to be no more de-
Pressions. After the depression
hit, many eminent economists

_ Cause it is an economic law that
We must go through alternating
_ Periods of prosperity and de-

Pressions. It may be that ecori-
°mists no longer try to explain
Prosperity and depressions in
terms of sun-spots, but surely

their eyes looking towards the
_ heavens rather than .at the econ-
©mic system that is at their feet.”

_ If we believed in ghosts we
‘Should be chuckling svith old
_ Karl Marx at the explanation
of ‘restricted credit’ being the
Cause of surplus value. The bil-
lions of dollars of surplus values
destroyed in two world wars and
the ‘police-action’ in Korea are
Rot to be blamed on restricted
Credit—12 months to pay for a
_ ar instead of 18, “As if, the
‘Crash preceding the last full-
e Scale war was not simply the
_ Working out in a logical manner
°f the theory postulated by Marx
& hundred years ago, namely:
“The worker is exploited in an
_ inequitable distribution of the
Products of his labor by the
Owners of the ‘means of produc-
tion and the surplus that accum-

White Walt You Pleate.

GP Vancouver, B.C.: There .

to concede the old boy is not

Possibly ten times more up-to-date ~

Your

ulates is the difference between
what he gets to subsist and what

~ is totally derived from what he
creates.” Exactly.
There, Mr. Automobile Dealer,

is the only logical answer to the
quandary you are in, Cars are
not. moving fast enough. Tracts
of ,bushland are being converted
into parking space for your new
cars. Old shipyards are packed ~
with them. Every va@ant lot is
a used-car lot. Old Karl Marx
stares you in the face -every
time you cross Granville Bridge.
New cars are an eyesore. They
shouldn’t be. They are beautiful
things. You, Mr. Automobile-
Dealer, can pin your faith to that
sunspot theory’ of ‘restricted
credit’ as explained by the oracle
at Ottawa until you go blind
from sun-staring, or spend «a
few profitable hours with Karl
Marx and get your eyes open.

t

Farmer agifafes for
irrigation in Valley

HARRY KORKEN, Mission,
B.C.: Farmers in: the Fraser Val-
ley have two things on_ their
minds this dry summer, the ques-
tion of rain, and the possibility
of irrigation. |

The first question, rain, is pret-
ty hard to get, even with the help
of the very best rain-makers and
witch-doctors, but the other ques-
tion, irrigation, is a most prac-

Cainer}

tical question and can be easily
solved by the right placing of
money, material and _ sufficient
labor.

An irrigation system in the
Fraser Valley this summer could
possibly have given the farmers
double the yield, and in normal

years it could materially increase’

the crops.

\ This land, I believe, is ideal for
irrigation, reasonably level and
within easy reach of water.
Aluminum pipe and other mat-
erials required for sprinkler irri-
gation is quite expensive, but can
be bought cheaper by the thous-
and feet than if purchased by
the footh by the individual far-
mer. :

An irrigation system in the
Fraser Valley would increase the
yield and mean more wealth to
the whole province. This irriga-
tion project could be suitably
financed by the municipalities
concerned and by the province.

If the estimates, contracting,
buying of materials and so on is

_done this fall, the irrigation sys-

tem could be working next sea-
son.

» Farmers interested should see
that their organizations call
meetings on this subject. It is
up to us to get organized and
apply the pressure. Millions of
dollars have been lost this year
from the drought and this will
be reflected in the higher cost of
living in coming months.

On Semiahmoo Bay...

N Semiahmos Bay where March feels just like May, ae
Where the hum of the bee brought a dream to me,
As I sat on the beach looking out on the sea,

When the fleecy white clouds were

Over Semiahmoo Bay.

¥ could hear ‘no lone seamew
Nor the call of the wild curlew,

flying to me

But the humming-bird and the butterfly
Brought peaceful thoughts and a longing sigh

As I sat in the shade ’neath the clear blue sky

Near Semiahmoo Bay. .

Professor |

Said nothing could, be done be-

the economist must still have

On Semiahmoo Bay.

A. better day for me and you,

There was a storm blowing out in the west
And the waves ran high from trough to crest,
But: they all smoothed down and came to rest
Home-with the tide on ocean’s breast

And spread warm on the beach that I love the best
On Semiahmoo Bay. '

Down the bay there runs a line marking latitude 49,

- It’s buried in water and means nothing to me,

For the Arch of Peace is for all to see,
That forever and ever we shall agree
On Semiahmoo Bay. ’ 4 ;

I dreamt that the warlords did meet here

And took note of the children who from year to year,
Come from the north and come from the south, ;

“With love in each heart and a song in each mouth; —

Never a thought of sword or gun, an
But neace, roodwill and lots of fun
To Semiahmoo Bay. — ae

‘Then the warlords hung their heads in shame,
‘And vowed to auit this foolish game, :

_ Where all sides lose and no sides gain,

‘And made a new covenant that never again
And considered the unwritten charter of Blaine

There are other bays both great and small

From the cold Hudson to the hot Bengal,
But the bay I love the best of all is Semiahm
If’s kindly sheltered all around —
By rocky isles and solid ground. : ; : :
‘And lies serene beyond the bounds of ocean’s dreadful breaker’s sound,

Bay.

- Quiet Semiahmoo Bay.
F There's a place and only one where wars do cease ere they are begun,

Where everyone can read who run,

But the only Peace Arch beneath the sun, —

Blest Semiahmoo Bay. —

‘There's 2 coming time, a promise true,

When everything will be made anew, :

And all the world will peace pursue,

Alas Semiahmoo Bay. ; eae

ay ee RODERICK GUNN,
‘ 4205 Douglas Road,

* ' Burnaby, B.C.

own against the

' bourgeois slang, pal, it’s just slang,

on the turns.:

Show is third place. Sprint is a short race.

=—= THE

~SPORTLIGHT ©

By BERT WHYTE

Not BEING the seventh son of a seventh son, and not having even
a crystal ball in the PT office, I can’t tell you exactly what hap-
pened at that Berlin football game between an East German team
and Moscow Dynamos. But one thing I’m sure of: the Associated
Press, British United Press and other press services are cabling more
lies per paragraph from Berlin these days than from any other city
on earth. Success of the World Youth Festival and the mighty
demonstrations for peace staged by two million young people from
many lands agitates the paid puppets of the capitalist press no end.
Knowing that their papers won’t print the truth about Berlin, these
cynical hacks feed the news services with cock-and-bull yarns dream-
ed up over a bottle of schnapps.
“You say there were cheers and
groans when Dynamos _ scored
the winning goal? Groans, eh?
There’s my story for tonight:
Germans Boo Russian Football
Team. Good for a bonus from
the home office, I hope.” :
‘ The Dynamos toured England
in 1945, scored two victories and
two ties against the best British
_ elevens, registering a general
score “of 19 to 9. The’ Moscow
team edged the Arsenals, 4 to 3.
Next year at the Olympies the
world will have a chance to see
Soviet athletes in action, and
judge just how good they are.
The performance of Soviet men
and women gymnasts will prob-
ably open many eyes. In two
recent meets with Swedish gym-
nasts (generally considered
among the world’s best) the So-
_ Viet squads won both times on
points. -
The snap above  (eaption
doesn’t give the girl’s name)
shows a Soviet gymnast practis-
ing in the Bolshevik Sports So-
ciety Gynasium in Moscow. The
last time this column printed a
picture of a pretty girl in a bath-
ing suit it resulted in a deluge
of protests (2) against exhibit-
ing a gal’s l-gs, We thought
everycne knew girls had l-gs, and
we never equated a girl in a
Bikini at the beach, or in a gymn.
suit on the track, or shorts and sweater on a tennis court, with the
“sex-culture’” of the American movies and pulp magazines, So
a! ok oe * en on
__ Jupe Pluve pulled the plug out of a small, black cloud hovering
over Vancouver last Sunday morning, and for a couple of hours it
appeared that the United Labor Picnic would be rained out. But the
little cloud didn’t have it in him to finish the job, and when Old Sok
(where have I heard that expression before?) showed his face at noon
and ordered the little black cloud to vamoose pronto, he oui-ouied his
way westward. and the picnic opened as scheduled. age

_ Maybe that ball game between the N-Flyers and the Mystery
Nine should have been rained out, at that. It ended up a 25-25
lie, setting some sort of record. Rumor has it that a Dodger scout
mas on the ‘grounds to look over some of the Mystery gang. Afier
he'd seen Nigel Morgan caught flatfooted trying to steal second,
and Harvey Murphy cavorting around the infield, the scout (1 am
told) rushed to the children’s wading pool and tried to drown himself
but was pulled out by the small fry, aes

_ Actually, the old crocks who made up the Mystery Nine didn't
do too badly. Aided only by a pitcher, they managed to hold ie
youth team—which explains why N-Flyers finished
last in their league games, J guess.

*

e *

: Punters who follows the beetles and bangtails have no difficulty
in recognizing a pig as a horse, but some of my readers tell me that
racetrack lingo leaves them bewitched, bothered and bewildered.
“Don’t use so much bourgeois Slang,” says one reader. It ain't —
used by the proletariat or working _
punter, as well as the bourgeoisie —

stiff, sometimes called the two-buck
or $50-wicket customer.

At the races: an ace is a buck. Betting across the board means
wagering on a nag to run first, second or third. Also-rans are horses >
that finish out of the money, such as the ones you bet across the
board. Bangtail is a horse. Bat isa jockey’s whip. Beetle is a horse. _
Big Apple is a major track. Bull Ring is a small-size track, like
Hastings. Boat race is a fixed event in which other jockeys let one
guy sail home. = : es se

Cabbage is money. Century is $100, also called a yard. alk
player is one who bets favorites consistently. Coslen ais torasanat :
just loafs. Daily Double is a betting system whereby you try to hit
ye Sate an the first and second race. Dead heat is when two

orses hi e finish line together and the photo :
Deuce is $2. Finis $5. a z pai aneracn ine: |

Front-runner is a beetle that likes to set the pace.
one-eighth of a mile. Grand is’ $1,000. Hay-burner is a horse that
eats steadily, but seldom wins. Hustler is a tout. - Long-shot is a
lightly backed horse, which will pay heavily if it wins.. Mudder is a_
horse that likes the slop. Overland route is going around other horses _

Furlong is

Place is to finish second. Plater is

a cheap horses: Pi 4s a "
non-winning plater. Route is a mile ‘ not Range, 4

or more aie Sawbuck is $10. |
¢ Sulker is a tem :
nag. Swipe is a stablehand. was yee
Tack is a jockey’s riding equipment. Tea is dope. Top horse Es
the beetle drawing rail position at the post. Tote is the rant He :
ting mahine. Win is to finish in front—something you'll never ‘do if
you patronize the track for any length of time. : pe

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