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(4 Doors West of Beacon Theatre) SEA FOODS ARE GOOD FOR YOU . +. and you'll like them at A THE “ONLY” FISH THEY ARE ALWAYS FRESH! 20 East Hastings Street 100% UNION HOUSE CHRIS’S COFFEE SHOP Tasty Home Cooked Meals Ice Cream © Confectionery © Tobacco (Opposite Casper’s General Store) ALERT BAY, B.C. PATRONIZE Our ADVERTISERS THE B.C. LUMBER WORKER A.P.L. Fallers’ Action Brought Another Hoist Bullcook Paid $25 Per Month Dear Editor: Whilst travelling on a Union Steam- ship boat from Rock Bay, the writer of this letter happened by chance to meet @ young lady who was sent out through one of the local Employment Agencies on the understanding that she was to do housework at Esperanso Logging Co. On arriving there she was compelled to do the work of a bullcook. To the best of my knowledge I understand the mini- mum wage for such work in the prov- ince of B.C. calls for 40¢ an hour or $3.20 a day. But this young lady was paid off at the despicable sum of $25 per month, Yours for bettering union conditions on the coast, VL 2913. To the Editor: Just a few lines to report on the situation up here. Considerable dissatisfaction has been voiced by the A.P.L. fallers recently. It came to a head the other day with four gangs on the old Thomson & Clark claim who downed their tools and demanded to see McCall with a view to secur- ing a raise. Realizing that they meant business, he came out to see them and after a discussion with them he agreed to give them 90c on the poor stuff and 85c on the other. As they had only asked for 90c straight in the first place, they considered it not too bad as there is not much “good stuff” anyway. How about a visit from the or- ganizers? Some of the boys are be- ginning to appreciate the value of the union, so why not call in and give us a hand? AP.L.'er. Malahat Log Crew Asks Continued Vigilance The crew of the Malahat camp took{ action last spring for the purpose of es- tablishing collective bargaining relations between themselves and the company. Negotiations were under way on two points, a working agreement and a wage increase, when the company shut the camp down on June 28, The camp remained closed until August 2, when a part of the operation was re- opened. At the present time the camp is going full swing, but one member of the negotiating committee and a mem- ber of the camp committee have been discriminated against and have not got back on the job. Furthermore, a part of the rock gang have been laid off and it so happens that one member of the negotiating commit- tee was working in that department. Meetings are being held in both the upper and lower camps, while the com- pany is doing everything possible to stall negotiations and block efforts of the crew to get a written contract regarding wages and working conditions. Every effort is being made by the LW.A. to help get the employees and the company together and have the above mentioned matters cleared up to the satis- faction of all concerned, In the meantime, we advise anyone be- fore shipping out to the Malahat camp to work, to drop in at the Union Office in Vancouver, Victoria or Cowichan Lake and inquire how things stand. Such co- operation will help block any further moves of discrimination. Hotel West Ltd. _FRED R. MARCHESE, Mer." Mill Gossip | Two thousand feet of 10-inch water pipe are being laid from David Street to the plant of the Cameron Lumber Company by the Victoria city engineer's department. The new water line will give added pressure for fire protection at the plant. Only minor damage was caused by a fire which broke out recently in a dust conveyor at the plant of Pacific Veneer Ltd., Braid Street, New Westminster. Cutting plant of Pre-Fabricated Build- ings Ltd., at the foot of Byrne Road on the Fraser River, Burnaby, was destroyed by fire of unknown origin recently, A large quantity of timber waiting to be cut was also burned. Damage is estimated at $30,000. The expected announcement that a duty of 25c per square had been imposed on B.C, red cedar shingles imported dur- ing 1940 in excess of the quota came at the close of August. The U.S. Tariff Commission has set the 1940 quota of shingles which may be admitted free of duty, in accordance with the reciprocal trade treaty, at 2,371,544 squares, which represents 30 per cent of the average annual consumption of the three previ- ous years. Fraser Mills Co. officials posted a notice stating the swing system would be inaugurated in the plywood operations starting September 29, 1940. Behind this notice lies a story of two months’ activi- ties on the part of the crew. It shows that unity of action can gain benefits. Continuance of this unity and the es- tablishing’ of a trade union will bring untold benefits, At present it has broken || the deadly graveyard grind and will give them a turn on the other shifts. - iS] 6 meenenescseseess: CAMP A\ “The entire industry, logging, manufacturing, and pulp and 7 duction is today operating on a soe never exceeded even at the height o industry's greatest peace-time acti 1938 and 1939. There is little doubt these are the most active months whi the industry here has ever known,” 5 the B.C, Lumberman, boss-logger ported journal. Although international trade ch have been seriously disrupted by conditions, exports of lumber from Gar ada have been increasing. During the nine-month period from September 1, 1939, to May 31, 1940, exports rose 1,550,000,000 board feet, an increase 144,000,000 board feet over the co: sponding period in 1938-39. Production of the Pacific Mills Lta, Vancouver, was 65 per cent higher in th year ending April 30, 1940, than in previous 12 months, according to the company’s annual report, ne i Owing to lack of competition from for- eign countries, prices improved, and as a result, profits for the year were doubled, amounting to $920,924, as compared with $547,441 in the previous year, * XK. B. Fraser Company, Vancouver, com-_ menced new logging operations in the Nanoose area, 15 miles north of Nanaimo, last month, The company is truck log- ging to tidewater at Nanoose Bay. 3 Forest Branch collections in July am- ounted to $311,586. Timber royalties brought in $188,843 of the total; timber sales aggregated $79,448, and licenses and berths accounted for $40,858, vi, Reports from all along the coast and on Vancouver Island are ALL CAMPS GOING FUL BLAST. As the B.C. Lum- berman says the industry probably has never been pushed more than it is being today. ‘ A big turnover is, taking place amongst the Q.C.1. camps, with loggers coming in on practically every boat, Carstairs Camp at Rivers Inlet with about 60 men, Moore's at Winter Harbor with about 35, and Spry’s (B.C. Pulp) at Port Alice with about 160 men, are the latest outfits to open negotiations for another wage hoist and an agreement. _ Already all three camps have raised wages about 50c per day, which is the — second raise this year. I.W.A. member- ship in these camps has shown a sub- stantial increase recently, and the Ne- gotlation Committee elected by the er is busy on the agreement» Union membership is steadily going up with Local 1-71 topping the list, turn! in an increase of 177 dues paying mem- bers in July and 126 in August, The Log- gers' Navy, which has just returned from the North after taking President Bergren as far up as the Queen Charlottes, scheduled to nose out into the again tomorrow morning at 3 a.m, nord ward bound. 4, 2 - 4 a 2 8 Moderate Rates and Centrally Located Ask for “GEORGE” WEST TAXI Cars Fully Insured . . . Reasonable Rates Office and Stand - = = West Hotel, 444 Comat Phone 0445 9401 Phone: SEy. 9401 and SEy. 9402 444 Carrall Street Vancouver, B.C.