hice = - SOUGHT THE PEOPLE’S ADVOCATE Page Four SCHEME WOULD ASSIST FARMERS September 16, 193859 VALLEY WATER WORKS > Resid 4 Ti - pa i esidents | Feeding Time om Collective Farm |/Probe Surrey [oe ospitals +=) e 2 Of Surrey | Relief Work Crowded . . . Ask Scheme = Wounded Charge Discrimination oe Sess 5 i ea = Extension Of Plan For On Highway Building Vi foros South W estminster sb aS Se Soe ictims of « « XR ! AT_LE, > e = Doe = To Whole District Is Charges that Surrey ee recip- Fascists Proposed ients were being discriminated Air Raids ... : against on Peace Arch Highway construction work were made at 3 CCF TO MEET Surrey Council meeting here last But They eae week by A. N. Mowat, spokeman Still Need CLOVERDALE, BC, Sept. £07 “Sa Ree ee: ‘ Treatment — 1 Suggestion that Surrey ee ee ee Councils present proposal to had been promised four or Se ‘Some Have seek a $10,000 loan under the weeks’. work, but Surrey unem- Lost Limbs Municipal Improvements As- ployed were getting only five days sistance Act to provide a water to two weeks’ work. Sarit system for South Westminster “All this delegation asks is that be enlarged to spclida the Jocal relief men get a larger pro- >< portion of this work and that a committee be appointed to tigate,” he said. whole municipality is being ad- vaneed here. inves- In the opinion of many, residents of the municipality should be given an opportunity to voice their opin— ions in the matter. It is pointed out that the while Joans under the Act are limited ac- eording to population, a minimum amount of $200,000 may be bor- rowed, more than sufficient to en- able a water system for the wnooic municipality to be constructed. Such a scheme would benefit un- employed and farmers. alike, it is stated. Between 60 and 80 percent of the taxpayers in the municipal ity are located on the highland. During drought periods they find it dificult to obtain enough water for irrigation and other purposes. The proposed scheme would be invaluable to these people. 5 By widening the scheme in this way, it is also pointed out the pro- posed charge of $24 a year to be levied on South Westminster water consumers would be reduced. SULLIVAN, BG, Sept. 15—Sub livan CCE Club has issued an in- vitation to all CGF clubs in Surrey to attend a conference at Sullivan on October 6 to discuss _a public works project for the municipal— ity- . New Fraser Ferry Asked Urge Service Between Albion and Langley HANEY, BC, Sept. 15. — Resi- dents here are urging operation of a ferry service between Albion and Langley. Such a service would be Of value not only to residents on both sides of the Fraser River, but also to tourists travelling to Lang- ley and Abbotsford. The present ferry service at Ladner-woodwards Landing is acknowledged to be inadequate. Busses and heavy trucks are un- able to use it. The only other ferry, at Rosedale-Agassiz, is too far up the river, nor is it adapted to meet modern traffic needs. Toll charges on the Pattullo Bridge at New Westminster have served to increase demand in this district for the proposed ferry ser- vice and it is suggested that local organizations cooperate in con- - ducting a wide campaign. : At the recent meeting of the As- sociated Boards of Trade a resolu- tion asking for starting of the ferry service was introduced by Maple Ridge Board of Trade and endorsed. ARMS FOE SPAIN This woman agricultural worker of Orenburg looking after the calves on the collective farm. in the U.S.S.R. seems to enjoy Many Cities Seek Loans 30 Millions Available For Municipal Works OTTAWA, Ont., Sept. 15—_Loans totalling $1,593,185 under the Muni- cipal Improvements Assistance Act of last session have been ap- proved to date. An additional $350,- 000 worth of loams is now awaiting” approval in the finance depart- ment. The legislation, passed at last session, authorizes the government to loan up to $30,000,000 at two percent interest to municipalities for self-liquidating works after ap- proval and guarantee by the pro- vineial government in Which the “interested municipality is located. The government here, even though the provincial government concerned has extended its ap- proval and guarantee, is closely checking the loan applications made by the municipalities. Pro- jects involving a large amount of labor are favored; the great bulk of materials used must be pur chased in Canada; the need of works to ease local unemployment is also of importance; and the crea- tion of a further tax burden is he- ing avoided. Vancouver has had loans total- ling $1,140,000 approved for exten- sion to the citys waterworks sys- tem and a new school. Edmonton has had approved loans totalling $193,000 mainly for improvements in connection with changing over the municipally-owned street car system to a trolley—bus line; Re- gina has secured $60,000 for an air- port administration building; and Fredericton, NB, has got $200,000 for a new hospital. Among the loans awaiting early approval here are $206,000 for four projects in Calgary, including a swimming pool, and $100,000 for an extension to the MLethbridge waterworks system. Officials of the Manitoba govern- ment recently asked for 150 loan application forms from the depart- ment here, so several applications from municipalities there are ex- pected shortly. Some applications from Quebec municipalities are also expected in the near future. Thus far, the Ontario government has not approved or . guaranteed any applications from municipali- ties in that province. x | \ Five of its seven or eight hundred people are Chinese, deriving a live- lihood from potato and tomato growing. The twa or three hundred white citizens for the most part eke out a precarious existence in various ways, some on the railroad, some in the retail trade, others on the land. Old-time residents named Asbh- eroft with pride “the gateway to the Gariboo, gold and prosperity.” But the prosperity has gone with the coming of the big mining corpora— tions farther north and only in the tomato season is there any activity in the little town. In this season men and women, youth of both sexes in search of seasonal work flock into the in- terior towns. They sleep in battered farm buildings, in old tents, even in goat pens. = Every day and all day they wait around the cannery for the doors to be opened. Hungry, they grab the cull tomatoes as they are dropped from the grader. The town has more residents unemployed than the cannery can absorb, but a surplus of labor maintains miser- able wage scales at their lowest. A few of them find jobs, but for the majority of them there is no work, only the hope that is never realized. FORCE SPEED-UP Cannery standards demand that the women wear white uniforms, supplied by the company at the highest price for the poorest qua- lity. When they report for work in the morning the women, are given their uniforms and | their tickets. From that minute to quitting time they must sit at the peeling table, skinning the to- matoes, yanking out the cores, fing- ers moving faster than the eye can follow—and all to satisfy the com- pany’s demand that for the muni- ficent sum of 27 cents an hour they Writer Appalled By Workers’ Lot In Cannery Town By GERTRUDE THOMPSON. ASHCROFT, BC, Sept. 15.—Nestling between sere, sage- eovered hills on the banks of the turbulent North Thompson River lies the little cannery town of Ashcroft, centre of British Columbia’s most fertile potato-growing district. must produce six pans of peeled tomatoes. structed to employ so many skilled Sometimes a woman faints from the intense heat and the strain, but the Speedup is relentless in its de— mands. The women cannot afford to lay off. The season is all too short. It is bad enough when the machinery breaks down and time is docked. Conditions in the women’s bunk— houses are appalling. The build- ing is open to the roof, lime-sprayed, roughly partitioned. There are four iron cots to a partition and, at one end, three showers screened off with a piece of dirty tarpaulin. The charge is ten cents a day and there is “accommodation” for 150 women. In the factory conditions are no better. The two sinks are inade- quate, facilities only name. LONG HOURS WORKED. Employees other than peelers all work long hours for low pay. The only engineer employed works 14 and 15 hours a day, the steno- erapher and others almost as long. a The workers, however, are not the only ones exploited. By their recent refusal to operate unless minimum wages were cut, the can- neries delayed long enough to en- able half the tomato crop to rot on the ground and force a $2 a ton re- duction in the price to growers. If another 50 employees were added to the payroll, the workers would get more humane treat- ~ment, the public a better product. Organization is sorely needed to end the intolerable speedup, to improve wages and conditions, and unity between exploited worker and grower alike is es- sential to a better deal for both. ARMS FOR SPAIN BILLIARDS MT. PLEASART BILLIARD HALL and BARBER SHOP Everything in Smokers’ Supplies Cigars Cigarettes — Pipes Lighters — Etc. 2341 MAIN STREET - DRUGS Tel. Sey. 1053 RED STAR DRUG STORE THE MAT ORDER DRUGGISTS Gor. Cordeva & Carrall Streets Vancouver, B.C. DENTISTS Dr. W. J. Curry DENTIST 608 BIRKS BLDG. Phone Sey. 3001 SEMI-DISPLAY DENTIST | LLEWELLYN -D'R-Dotcras -@5EY- 5577. “OR «RICHARDS & HASTINGS. = MEAT MARKETS | PURITY MEAT MARKET — Fresh Every Day — Steaks, Chops, Reasts & Boils Byverything in Meats 2441 Bast Hastings — High. 140 | TRANSER Piano and Furniture Moving OW MESSENGER & TRANSFER TRINITY 4533 axe xreweVweEsBEBVesVvsesesvvesv=eve=e ACS OO REED y awanannaaal SAWDUST BURNERS. sees eesr EES SE EPe ve vesvexsre= MAJOR DE LUXE BURNERS For ranges, heaters and furnaces. 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The Ukrainian DLabor-—Parmer Temple Association and the Fin- nish Organization in this district are jointly sponsoring a concert and dance in aid of the Spanish Orphans Fund, to be held at Web- Rush Your Donations to Friends of the Mackenzie- Papineau Battalion - 43 - 615 West Hastings Street Vancouver, B.C. Phone, Trin. 4955 sters Corners on Saturday, Sept. 24. re CLASSIFIER ADVERTISING AN ¥ NF ADVERTISING HATES Classified, 3 lines 25c. Monthly and contract rates on application. BICYCLES AND REPATRS BICYCLES, NEW AND USED Baby Carriages, Sulkies, Doll Car riages, Joycycles. Repairing of & Kinds. Saws filed, xeys cut, et W. M. Ritchie, 1569 Commercia: | Drive. High. 4123. - | BOATS NATGROPATHIC PHYSICIAN DR. H.C. ANDERSON—ALL NAT- ural methods of treatment, such as diet, massage manipulations, osteopathy and electrotherapy: Free consultation and examin won. 768 Granville St. Sey. 5336. DR. DOWNIE, PHYSICIAN. SPE- cialist in feminine hygiene. 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Orpheum Hosiery, 749 Granville St. Sey. 8102. “THERE IS A CAUSE FOR every- thing: dandruff, falling hair, itchy scalp, baldness. See Mme. C€. Louise, scalp specialist, 16 Hast Hastings St., 301i Holden Bids. rollment now being taken. Sprott- Shaw Radio School, 812 Robson Street, Vancouver. B.C. FOR SAIE USED CARS — LATE MODELS— Priced around $150. Basy terms White Spot Service Station, 809] Granville St., phone Marpole 683 Res., Marpole 365-2 FUEL Hastings Steam Baths Always Open Expert Masseurs in Attendance High. 240 764 E. Hastings —~Y TASIS 25c —_ TA X 1 —25¢e BLUE CABS A. PASHOS 329 Golumbia Ave. SEY. 2353 130 W. Hastings St. - Vancouver HONEST VALUE FUELS—FATR 469. Edgines No. i, $3.50 per cord © Slabs, Heavy Fir. $3.75 per cord game of Billiards in the gay at- ECZEMA, IFCH, PIMPLES, mosphere of our new hall. Open Piles—Try George ILee’s Chinese now. 169 Bast Hastings St. Remedy, 256 East WHastings. Dept. Drugstore. DENTISTS = DS A. J. SIPES, DENTIST POGLEROOMS jate Specialist. Lowest Pricer |THE PLACE TO MEET YOUR 680 Robson St. Trinity 5716. friends —_ Europe Poolroom, 265 EDUCATIONAL East Hastings St. R A DI OPERATING, Serv- icing, Broadcasting. RADIOS Day, evening, and home study | WASHERS, RADIOS, FRIGE courses. Applications for all en-]| DAIRES — Easy terms. Geo. L. Meikle, 1010 Davie St. Sey. 9025. ROOMS FOR RENT ALBERTA ROOMS — Housekeep- ing, sleeping; every convenience. Reasonable rates. 655 Robson St., cor. Granville. Sey. 435. A. Haga, Prop. SAWDUST BURNERS GENULNE “LEADER” BURNERS 323 Alexander St, at Ray's Douglas 390. aps FURNITURE FURNITURE BOUGHT AND sold. Auction sales conducted. Robinson & Morton, 540 Richards St., Trinity 169. SHOE REPATRS JOHNSONS SHOE REPATRS — All work guaranteed. Reasonable prices. 105644 W. Pender Street TYPEWRITERS AND SUPPLIES HATS ALL WORKERS BUY YOUR Hats from Dominion Hat Mfg. GEO. DONOVAN — Typewriters Adding Machines, Cash Registers Sey. Co., 12 East Hastings St. and 918 Se Ses Ue est PERSE =. Granville Street. Sey. 6686. TAILORS ea MONUMENTAL. M. DONG, TATLORS — Trin. 6024 MAIN MONUMENTS — SAVE Formerly Horseshoe Tailors. 32 Columbia Street, moved to 8 Wes money here. Estimates for ceme tery lettering. 1920 Main Street. Cordova Street.