THE B.C. LUMBER WORKER

May 26, 1939

Camp and Mill

“EVERY READER A CORRESPONDENT”

Editor, B.C, Lumber Worker:

In reporting on this outfit, the C. & A.
Log. Co, I haven’t much good to say
about it. It's a Spencer-Japanese sort of
a low-pay outfit.

‘The timber limit that they are logging
on is owned by a Japanese company. The
©. & A. Log. Co. have a contract to log
so many million feet per year, The tim-
ber is to be loaded on boats here at Port
MeNeil and sent to Japan direct. There is
@ crew of Japs who cut the logs for ex-
port into short lengths. This work is
done at the C, & A. dump.

I don’t know to what percent the Japs
control the ©. & A., but on one invoice
for blankets it seemed the wholesale
house that supplied them was Japanese;
also the dishes and thermos bottles are
made in Japan. A boom winch that the
©.&A. have is made in Japan.

The wages here are very low — $4.00
for chokermen, $3.50 for labor, and etc.,
making it the same scale the Pioneer
Timber Co. pays. The fallers make noth-
ing at 65 M.

Phere will be two sides running here
when they get started. At present two
home-made gas machines yard and load.
‘There's two trucks and half a mile plank
road at present,

The food is rather good, also the ac-
comodation. C&A. stands for Cyro and
Allen, who before it went broke were
foremen and timbekeeper at the C.R.T.
A ‘crew of seventy-five men will be about

e limit here.

The low wages are the only drawback
here, a rigging man and the fallers are
at present working for wages a hasher
in a restaurant would turn up his nose at,

Fraternally, VL 1616,

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Editor, Union Bulleti

Pelase accept my congratulations for
the splendid way in which you handled
the last issue of the B.C. Lumber Worker
Union Bulletin. It was very heartening
indeed to see those headlines in connec-
tion with absentee voting, and can truly
say we are on our way to further vic-
tories. The Bulletins were picked up
eagerly by the mill crews—the only
trouble is that there weren’t half enough
of them, We could handle at least 1,000
copies if they can be supplied.

I was up at one of the camps last
week and we had a good meeting.

We are moving to have that camp or-
ganized 100 per cent in a short while.
The sawmills here are going to be our
problem. The men seem very sympathetic
toward our union, but we must try and
break down the fear which exists before
very much can be done insofar as sign-
ing up members is concerned, there are
a few who are willing to take out cards
right away. Some of these are known
to us and some are not.

The housing condition in Port Alberni
is a real issue that must be taken up
by our union, as in large sections of the
residential areas, they have not any
kind of modern fixtures. Outside dry
toilets are predominant and a menace
to the health of the community as are
the open sewers. There is an open sewer
running from the undertaking parlors,
giving “good” playgrounds for the chil-
dren—with dogs falling in and so forth.
We lack an active ratepayers’ associa-
tion and I believe something must be
done in this regards.

Such a thing as a sidewalk does not
exist in the residential areas. So as far
as Port Alberni is concerned there ara
lets of beefs because living conditions
certainly are not up to standard, al-
though not all the people here realize
this fact, Their interest must be aroused
to the extent and point where they will
take action for better
more healthy surroundings.

FRED LUNDSTROM,
LW.A, Organizer.
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M, & M. Logging Co.,
May 4, 1939,
Editor, Union Bulletin: :

Haven't seen a line from this camp for
some time so I'll give you the following
for what it's worth,

At present there are about 25 men in
this camp. The machinery consists of
one 10x12 Empire which is used for both
yarding and cold-decking. (Have to
move it to swing the pile). There is an-
other Washington used for loading. The
hauling is done by two trucks only one
of which is being used at present. The
timber is mostly cedar and pulp.

Wages are as follows: Signalmen, $3.5
chokermen, $4.00; rigging slinger, $5.00;
second-loader, $4.75, and loader, $6.0
woodyard and firemen, $3.75, and road
Bang, $3.50. The grub is fair.

In the lower brackets the wages are
below the “standard” and in this re-
gards there is great need of organization
to bring the wage scale up to the “high,”
as paid in numerous camps in B.C,

It is some time since the Laur-Wayne
was in here and we are looking forward
to a call when she returns from the
north.

Rumor has it that they are going to
secure a gas machine to facilitate pro-
duction,

Fraternally yours,
Card VL. 2240.

COWICHAN NEEDS
ANOTHER ORGANIZER

While on the Island, President Pritchett
attended a meeting of Local 1-80, at Lake
Cowichan, During the meeting reports
were brought in from the committee
showing a marked progress during recent
months, The need for an additional or-
ganizer was expressed, and the members
elected Brother Wennerlow to their pay-
roll for organizational work. President
Pritchett was greatly impressed by the

has set up and by the progressive work
for both job and social security which
the boys at Cowichan are accomplishing.
B.C. Coast District
President Hjarmar
Bergren, who is do-
ing good organiza
tional work in the
Cowichan Lake area
reported having
taken fifty new ap-
plications for union
membership in their
concentration point
between the first
and seventh of the
month, Since. then |
he has taken eight president Bergren
more besides about twelve dozen which
he signed up directly. He says he is
convinced “this new confidence has been
inspired by the new convention program,
which is now being put into effect.”

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CAMP ACTIVITY

QUEEN CHARLOTTE ISLANDS:

Morgan's, Kelly's, Allison's,
UP-COAST DISTRICT:

Dumaresque, Seymour Inlet; Zoney
Log., Seymour Inlet; Maigrot, Seymour
Inlet; Pioneer Log. Co., ‘Port McNeill;
O'Brien Log., Well’s Pass; MacIntyre
Log., Well's Pass; Earle & Brown, Clay-
den Bay; Lundeen Log., Gregory Island;
Triangle Log., Scott's Cove; Bodermen’s
Camp, Broken Islands; M. & M., Forward
Bay; Bell and Campbell, Minstrel
Island; Rose Lég. Co., Minstrel Island;
Atkinson Kreig, Turner Island; Mielty
Bros, Knight Island; Sunrise Log.,
Knight’s Inlet; Salmon River Log., Kel-
sey Bay; Niemi Log., Whaletown; Swan-
berg & Johnson, Stuart Island; Ramsay
Arm Log. Co. Ramsay; Osborne Log.,
Half Moon Bay; Carson's Camp, Blind
Channel; Boyles and Grove, Port Neville;
Merrill, Ring and Wilson, Rock Bay;
Kuchinka & Peterson, Jervis Inlet; Ash-
ley Log., Seymour Inlet; a Ring’s Camp
Klemtu (Mathison Channel).
VANCOUVER ISLAND:

Lamb Lumber Co. Menzies Bay;
Bloedel's Camps, Menzies Bay; C.R.T.,
Garrett; E.R.T., Campbell Lake; Comox
Log., Courtenay; V.L. & M., Fanny Bay;
Island Log. Co. Jordan River; Mayo-
Singh, Duncan; Camp 3, Youbou.
PORT ALBERNI:

A.P.L., Camp 1, Bloedel, Stewart &
Welch, Franklin River; Great Central
Camps; Sproat Lake Log.

WEST COAST:
Malahat Log. Co., Gibson Bros.

LOG SCALE HIGHER

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Lumber cedar remains firm at $19 and
$24. Hemlock is offering at $8 to $8.50.
Stocks in the water are keeping up to
the mill demand, and production is
steady with camps running to normal
capacity.

Exports of B.C. lumber for April to
all destinations amounted to 119,250,000
feet, an amount that has only been once
exceeded, namely, in August 1937. Ship-
ments for the first four months of this
year amounted to 432,000,000 compared
to 382,000,000 in the record year of 1929.

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or Overcoats stored, 25¢ a month.
Pressing done while you wait. Buy
your next Suit or Overcoat from us.

Bargains in New and Left-over
Clothing.

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