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SO Page 11.) eT a eS Offer applies both to old rs of the PT and those who ba ta ‘ p, Y be taking out a subscription t he first time, Li i ‘Subscribers will have a ae of the following greatly _ ‘€d books and journals: a Bough of Needles 1S is a collection of 11 Ca- Short stories by a Van- is T Island logger’s wife who Not infrequent contributor i, ce Columns of the PT, Con- tsher, With real people—loggers, Beis peace workers, and 4 €N—this book makes excit- Tih, , 2ding. It deserves to grace | the Pers SShelves of all PT read- fj 2 2 phe Open Society Sion Clear and forthright discus- n the much-maligned view- tor, -o™munists have on free- [. Style” democracy. 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Whichever of the five publica- tions above a subscriber decides to chouse, he can be sure of one thing: his understanding of life and his world outlook are bound to improve. of people who attended the pic- nic, — = ‘In addition to other paintings entered by Vancouver Island ar- tists, and a photographic display by Jack Phillips, visitors also saw a collection of five Cuban woodcuts brought by Roger Pren- tice of Vancouver, which were part of a collection currently appearing in art galleries and universities in Canada, «J am sure I speak for all those connected with picnic ar- rangements when I say it was gratifying to see the interest given to the art exhibit steadily through the day, Perhaps such a collective effort may again be available next year for various labor functions.”’ Who owns B.C.? How monopolies control our lives— a startling exposure in new booklet WHO OWNS B.C.? Published by the Trade Union Research Bureau, 138 E. Cordova St., Vancouver 4, B.C. Price 35c single copy. Discount rate of 25c on orders of 10 or more. Also available at the People’s Co- op Bookstore, 341 W.. Pender Si., Vancouver. By BEN SWANKEY ritish Columbia does not be- long to the people who live in it, Nor is it owned bythe govern- ment or ‘‘crown.”’ Its riches have been seized by a small group of powerful cor- porations which are exploiting B.C. and its people for their own selfish interests. ‘Who Owns B.C.?’ identifies these controlling interests, the ‘‘frighteningly small handful of immensely powerful men.” The picture that-emerges from this intensive research job isnot a pretty one. Although B.C. produces ‘‘one- tenth of the world’s lumber sup- ply and one-twelfth of its news- print .. . all of this has fallen into the hands of a tiny clique of tycoons,’’ es The biggest of these big firms is MacMillan, Bloedel and Powell River. With assets of $350 mil- lion, it sells 40 percent of B.C.’s forest products. The founder ofthe corporation, H. R, MacMillan, also controls B.C, Packers, the largest fishing enterprise in the province, which sells 55 percent of all B.C, fish products, MacMillan is on the board of directors of three large eastern monopolies as well—International Nickel, Dominion Tar and Che- mical, and Argus Corporation. af The other giants in the forest industry—all U.S. owned—are Rayonier, Crown Zellerbach, Scott Paper, Columbia Cellulose and Canadian Forest Products, They exert their monopoly by their control of timber grants through ‘‘forest management li- cences,’’ obligingly turned over to them by a captive and pliable provincial government. * * * Another corporative giant de- scribed in ‘Who Owns B.C.? is the Canadian Pacific Railway, dominated by British and Ameri- can capital, which has held a pre- eminent position in the Canadian economy for nearly a century. Today the CPR ‘‘dominates transportation and communica~ tion through the railway. Cana- dian Pacific Airlines, Canadian Pacific Steamships, and a num-= ber of large docks in the Van- couver-New Westminster area.’’ By far the largest of CPR interests in B.C,, however, ‘‘is the Consolidated Mining and Smelting Company, which ranks after MacMillan and Bloedel as the second largest industrial complex in the province.”’ Through CM&S, the CPR con= trols the West Kooetenay Power & Light Company, Vancouver Rolling Mills and its four sub- sidiaries—Pacific Coast Termi- nals and Pacific Coast Bulk Ter- minals, The last named operates one of the most modern auto- mated docks in the world. How public utilities are used to enrich private corporations The result is that B.C, Tele- phone shows a moderate rate of profit on its investment, but the equipment companies show a very high rate, But it all goes into one U.S. pocket. 2 ae ee Other industries analyzed in ‘Who Owns B.C,?’ include min- ing companies, where ‘‘there is growing up a strong Japanese influence’’; manufacturing, where *tonly one-third of our largest plants are locally owned and considerably less than half are even Canadian-owned’’; and the wholesale and retail trade, which shows an annual profit of about $90 million. This is the cover of the new booklet just released by the Trade Union Re- search Bureau in Vancouver. is also explained and exposed in ‘Who Owns B.C.?’. The largest of the privately owned public utilities is, of course, the $300 million B.C. Telephone *‘which has monopoly control of telephone communica- tions in B.C., a fact which en=- ables it to charge up to twice. the rates charged for the same service by the publicly owned utilities in the neighboring pro- vinces,”’ Then there is Westcoast Trans= mission, and its related company Inland Natural Gas, which mono- polize natural gas distribution in the province, Both B.C. Telephone and West-= coast Transmission are owned by U.S, interests, How B.C. Telephone keeps: down its rate of profit to 6.5 per- cent while handling millions in dividends annually to its US, owners is also thoroughly ex-. posed in this pamphlet. B.C, Telephone buys its equipment at high prices from companies that are controlled by General _ Telephone and Electronics, the same firm that controls B.C, Telephone, In conclusion, the author points out: *‘The great bulk of corporate wealth arises, not from accumu- lated savings nor from excep- tional financial or industrial talent, but simply from the monopolistic advantages confer- red by government on favored persons, through mineral grants, forest management licences, public utility franchises, land grants, public controls, etc,’ The trend is for B.C, resources and industries to ‘become con= centrated in the hands of fewer and fewer corporations”’ and the trend to monopoly ‘‘is accom=- panied by increasing foreign control,”’ Our present system ‘‘is one which encourages exclusive pri- vilege, promotes monopoly and accelerates the alienation into foreign hands of our priceless heritage,’’ This timely pamphlet is an eye opener and an education, Any union local that orders copies for its members will be doing them a worthwhile ser- vice, —The Fisherman September 17, 1965—PACIFIC TRIBUNE—Page 9