THE B.C.

LUMBER WORKER

August 23, 1929

LETTERS

Camp and Mill ©

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Editor, B.C, Lumber Worker:

‘A fresh epidemic of accidents at AP.L.
Camp 1, has been brought to my atten-
tion, While their arch-rival for the dubi-
ous honor (Franklin River), has been
closed for some time, it is apparent that
the MacMillan interests are following
their vicious profit-making line with
merciless disregard of life and limb,

Undoubtedly the recent visit of “Little
Caesar” MacMillan has resulted in a
fresh application of speed-up methods
with the inevitable result of maimed and
broken workers,

‘The second loader and two fallers were
all hurt on the same day (Saturday, Aug.
bth), one faller falling on an axe and
severing the muscles of his arm, The
other faller suffered a back injury. I
don’t know the extent of the loader’s
injury, but the fallers’ plight brings to
my mind the recent revolt of the fallers
which resulted in a re-scale, giving them
a slight increase, Now the moral of that
incident should be plain enough. Too
long have the workers of this operation
been cowed by the stooges of the lum-
ber barons, From one little victory go
on to your rightful position in the ranks
of organized labor, able to look any man
in the eye and say, “Yes, of course, I
am a, union man.”. A curious aftermath
of these accidents occurred when the am-
bulance, coming toward the hospital, met
two cars coming in opposite directions at
the junction of the Beaver Creek and
River Roads,

One driver was apparently frozen to
the wheel at the sight of the ambulance
and crashed into the other car, resulting
in a broken arm to the passenger and
severe shakeup for both drivers, The
ambulance driver picked up his extra
load and continued on his way, wonder
ing at the vagaries of human nature.

(Signed) A, WATSON

Gibson’s Camp Loggers
Donate To Graff Fund

The receipt of a donation of thirty
dollars and seventy-five cents from the
employees of Gibson Bros. Camp,
Nootka, has made it possible to clear
off all debts in connection with the Eric
Graff funeral account. The trustees for
this fund report ten dollars and eleven
cents on hand toward the plaque which
it is planned to erect as 2 monument
to Brother Graff for his outstanding
work in building the Woodworkers’
Union in British Columbia, It is
estimated an additional sixteen dollars
is required to complete the memorial to
one who devoted his life to the improve-
ment of working conditions in the lum-
bering industry.

Hear the woodworkers’ broadcast,
“Green Gold,” every Tuesday, 7:45
to 8 p.m. over CJOR.

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| CAMP ACTIVITY |

With continued high temperatures over
the last two weeks, the fire hazard in
B.C. forests has become so great that a
general shutdown in the Vancouver For-

est District has been necessary. At Vic-
toria, Chief Forest Protector George Mc-

Ilrose said, “It is not possible to tell when
the closure, which is now in full effect,
will be lifted.” Weather forecasts show
no rain likely for several days at least.
‘The area covered by the order, which is
the second in B.C's history, includes all
the district except the West Coast of Van-
couver Island from Toquart Harbour
(Barclay Sound) north; the east coast of
Vancouver Island from Squamish (about
five miles north of Port McNeil) north;
and the mainland and islands from Wells
Passage and Kingcome Inlet north,

Fires already reported include Comox
Log Co. Camp 3; Flagstad Logging Co.,
Price Channel; Stoltz Log Co., Squamish;
Anderson River, Princess Louise Inlet,
Green Timbers at Surrey, South Burnaby,
Tugwell Creek, Merrill Ring's operation,
Sproule Creek, China Creek, Thrums,
Tappen, Henniker Creek, Eagle Bay,
Shuswap Lake, and Stump Lake at Kam-
loops.

LOOKING ‘EM OVER]

O'BRIEN LOG CO., WELLS PASS:

This outfit is still fighting successfully
to maintain its reputation as the cheapest
paying Association camp on the Coast.
Wages on the rigging range from $3.75 for
signalmen to $4.75 for rigging slingers.
Other wage scales in proportion. Fallers
are given a guarantee. Only about 40 men
in camp at present, running two cold-
deckers and no logs going in the water.
Rest of the crew expected to ship out
within a week or ten days,

LUNDEEN LOG CO., GREGORY IS.:

Small camp working about 30 men with
three machines. Camp conditions good,
with clean bunkhouses, good washroom
and grub fair, Three gets of fallers, with
a $5.00 a day guarantee, Like most of the
smaller camps, however, day wages are
low. :
SPICER’S CAMP, HARDY BAY:

Truck outfit, logging pulp and some
cedar for export. Camp conditions fairly
good, bunkhouses clean, but some kick .
on the grub, particularly regarding meat, _
which is usually pretty “high” by. the
time it reaches the table. Wages on the
rigging low and fallers are-in tough
country with no guarantee, Some 35 men
in the crew.
MAPLE BAY LOG CO.:

This outfit is generally known as
LaFarr’s Camp, but has recently changed
the name to the above. About 30 men in

the crew with three sets of fallers, Camp.
conditions are good, rs

John Lewis Broadcast Sept. 4

All C10, affiliates are urged to make
special arrangements to hear President
Lewis’ Labor Day speech, which will be
carried on the Blue Network of the Na-
tional Broadcasting System with over
107 stations expected to broadcast it.

It is suggested that meetings or
groups to hear the address be organized,
because the Labor Day message will be
of paramount importance to trade
unionists both in Canada and the U.S.
The best N.B.C. stations for British Co-
lumbia listeners will probably be Sta-
tion KJR, Seattle, and Station KGO,
San Francisco. The time of the broad-
cast will be 1 to 1:30 p.m, PST, Monday,
September 4th. |

International President Harold Prit-
chett will be the speaker on the Green
Gold broadcast, Tuesday, August 29th,
1:45 pam,

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