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THE BC LUMBER WORKER

LETTERS

Camp and Mill

“Every Reader

a Correspondent”

FALLERS QUIT
ALLISON'S CAMP

‘Zo the Editor:

A while baek there appeared a letter
in your paper, signed by “A Logger,”
stating that the fallers here were up
agaist a very poor show arid couldn't
make decent wages.

What has taken place since bears out
the correctness of that statement. Fall-
ers have been pulling out on almost every
boat, and today, April 2nd, seven or eight
sets are going down.

Last Saturday night all the fallers of
the two camps this outfit is running,
met and discussed the question of a wage
raise. A committee of five was elected
to see the management, which they did.
“Halfan-hour Allison” gave no answer
except that he wanted all the fallers to
meet in the dining room, where he talked
to them for about 15 minutes, stating
he could not consider a wage increase.
He topped off his speech with the in-
formation that from now on the rigging
crew will work until 4:45, so that the fall-
ers could work ‘half-an-hour longer.
(Hence his new name.)

Another grievance is that they took the
hardtack off the table. We used to get
sardines for lunch, but they even cut that
out, So you see, fellow workers, it is
no wonder some of the boys go looking
for an easier master.

Fraternally—Card 80349.

Ladysmith Auxiliary
Seeks IWA Charter

‘At the regular bi-weekly meeting of
the Ladysmith I.W.A. Auxiliary, which
was well attended, the newly elected offi-
cers were installed, Sister Pearson being
in the chair. A proposal was endorsed to
ask the Union to join with the Auxiliary
in organizing and sponsoring a “Klondike
Nite” for the purpose of raising funds
for an L.W.A. picnic this summer. Also-
receiving the support of the members
was a recommendation that the Secre-
tary write Mrs. Claretta Orton, Secretary
of the LW.A. auxiliary movement with
a view to seeking a charter from that
body, which is said to be the most suc-
cessful women’s movement in the C.I.O.
Endorsation was reported of a protest
against the banning of the “Canadian
Tribune.” Regular weekly visits are
made each Thursday to the Ladysmith
Hospital by members of the Auxiliary
with cigarettes, a copy of the “B.C. Lum-
ber Worker,” a neat little printed card
bearing the emblem of the I.W.A, and
the name of the Auxiliary together
with the inscription “With sincere wishes
for a speedy recovery.” The Ladies’ Aux-
illary wishes to take this opportunity of
thanking all those loggers whose gener-
ous contributions made this possible, It
is appreciated hoth by the Auxiliary and
by the injured loggers who receive them.

OFFERS NAME FOR
ADDITION TO NAVY

To the Editor:

Have read in “Chunkin Out” of
March 3ist, that we are, the Kellogg
pact notwithstanding, to add another
capital ship to our “Navy.” Have also
noted the name of the proposed addi-
tion,

Now, seeing the ship is about to
change her colors, I suggest that we
change the name to one that would
have some relation to the I.W.A.

Consequently, I am enclosing $10.00,
{meaning ten votes ithat state the
most suitable name for our new ship
would be the “ERIC GRAFF.”

Do not feel that further comment is
necessary. Now, who will back me up
materially? What name do you sug-
gest? Let's have your suggestions,
backed with the substance that talks
out loud.

Fraternally ‘yours—V.L. 577.

LOOSE LAKE CAMP
DONATES FOR BOAT

To the Editor:

Just a little information on this camp,
which might pe of interest to our read-
ers. This operation is running one track-
side and one cold-decker with three sets
of fallers. Trucks are used here to haul
the logs down to the Lake, There are
about 40 men in the crew.

Wages are as follows: Hook and rig
$8.00, rigging slinger $6.00, chokerman
$5.00, chaser $5.25, whistle punk $4.50,
file and scale $6.50, boomman $5.50, bull-
cook $4.50, Fallers have tough going
with poor timber to make wages at 70
and 80 cents per M.

We have had a few accidents here,
most serious being when a second loader
got hit by a line. However, he was lucky
in getting away with a badly bruised
shoulder.

‘We have sent in our first contribution
toward the Boat Fund, and hope we can
make a good showing on the Chart,

Fraternally yours—Card 80-155,

To the Editor:

a similar experience at the hands of
Bay, I am asking you to publish the

I hired out to work at the M. & M.
through Hicks office, and worked there
from March 8 to 21, when I was laid off
without warning and for no apparent
reason, no complaint being made of my
work.

Out of my wages earned, working 87%
hours at'the rate of $5.00 for a 7% hour
day, (I didn’t work 7% hours in any one
day, but worked 12 days altogether, work-
ing from 4 to 9 hours a day), amounted
to $54.69. Following are the company’s
charges which were deducted from my
account:

Board $16.80
Commissary 2.70
Bedding 2.10
Jones Tax 1% 55
War Tax 3% . 1.64
hs ko = EE 12
Hicks 16.00
Cash .. 8.28
Fare (one way) 6.50
Total $54.69,

Out of the $8.28 cash, I had to pay $6.50
fare back to town, so couldn’t buy many
meals at the rate of 75c each, which is
what the Union Steamship charges, The
$16.00 to Hicks was for a pair of caulk
boots.

F. Pickard, Secretary.

You can see by the foregoing that my

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M.&M. Log In Cahoots -
With Union Steamships?

I was glad to see publicity given in your last issue to the case of a
fellow working for that gyppo outfit, Broyles & Moore, where he was
in debt to the company when he got laid off. Having just gone through

the M.& M. Logging Co. at Forward
details of my pay sheet, and I think

it would be a good idea if more of the boys would help to make public
some of the rotten deals we are getting in these gyppo camps.

net results from two weeks’ work was
an almost new pair of boots, and an
appetite. The way many of the logging
operators are making a practice of hiring
out crews and keeping them moving back
and forth between various camps and
towns, the only ones to profit are Hicks,
if he gets paid so much per man, the
Union Steamship Company which makes
it on the fares and meals. Which re-
minds me to ask, why should we have
to pay 75¢ per meal coming to Vancou-
ver, while we pay 50c for the same meal
going to camp. Of course the boss makes
an extra profit in the long run by keep-
ing the crews moving, thereby preventing
them from getting too well acquainted
in case they might get wise and organize.

Hoping all those fellows who are get-
ting gypped will let us all hear about it
through the columns of your paper, and
thanking you for giving space to my
case, with best success to your paper,
Iam

Sincerely yours—“M. F,”

SEES NEED FOR
MILL ORGANIZATON

To The Editor:
It is due time the mill-wor!
together and joined the LW.A, to
their working conditions, The let
the last edition of the “B.C.
Worker,” describing conditions in
eron Lumber Co., was the absolute t
It takes such letters to open the
of the type of worker who is content to
stand idly by and let conditions pass as
they are. With the cost of living increas-
ing every day and the taxes b
higher there is no reason whatever
our wages shouldn't be increased,
Work could be made easier and
dents reduced simply by a Uttle reco
struction here and there, There are
instances in the planing mill. In one spo
the carrier-driver cannot bring a Io
in without bending his head, and I
Imown him to hit his head several tim
in another place, the worker has to work
on top of a kiln car, where a supporting —
beam, below the roof, is so low he has
to lie on his stomach to push the lumber _
down. All this labor and hardship would
be reduced by a little reconstruction,
With a strong organization to back us up
we would have a little to say in theso |
matters, A Victoria Mill Worker,

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