It has often been said that men, ‘as workmen, object to rules, par- ‘ticularly safety" rules. They ob- to being told what to do. this attitude, when our en-! | Wouldn’t be long until the forces tire lives are governed by rules or laws, written or unwritten? If there were no rules, there would be no football, baseball, basketball, or any other form of sport. Believe it or not, there are rules for brone riding, bull-dog- ging, steer roping, and all other rodeo events. They are pretty stiff, and woe to the cowpuncher who violates them, if the judges catch him. Yes, we live by rule of law. If there were no rules or laws, we would be without police protec- tion, and it would then be every man for himself and heaven help: the man who couldn’t hold his own, The early history of our own West, some of it within the mem- ory of persons still living, or de- picted on the movie screens, shows what can eeppen when the game of life is not played accord- ing to Hoyle. When we violate the unwritten laws of health, nature catches up with us, just as the established laws of the land, in time, catch up with and punish those who live outside of them. with safety. It is nec- essary, if we are to preserve life and limb, that we be governed by rules that protect us from injury B.C. LUMBER WORKER or death. J ‘Safety Rules As Normal Procedure Would you be in favor of abol- ishing all rules or laws that gov- ern other phases of our exist- ence? No indeed. If we did, it of evil took over, as we have just paid billions in money and mil- lions in lives to find out. If there were no rules regulat- ing our conduct during working hours, we would soon slip back down into that abyss of high fre- quency and seyerity that we have been so laboriously climbing out of for more than thirty-five years. We are not out of that abyss yet, and we will not reach the top until we learn to live by the rules of safety at work, at home, and on the highways. Can you imagine the chaos that would re- sult if we should all decide that all traffic rules should be dis- obeyed? “Perish forbid”, as Ar- chie of Duffy’s Tavern would say. There are too many working un- der the delusion now. Yes—rules are very necessary and we should accept them. —Safety Committee, Portland Cement Co. FaRnzaaaeaaS A Merry Xmas to Our Readers ARAARARRASSS CONSULT THE MAN ON THE JOB Funny how many speakers are saying that workers should be taken into the Boss’s confidence. And rightly so. Mx. Andrew Murphy, president of the Winnipeg and District Trades and Labor Council has this to say: “Time was when management felt no obligation to discuss its problems with its workers. It felt that nothing could be gained by taking the worker into its confidence, or asking him for any advice. The worker was there to do as he was told, and the thought of consulting him about any prob- lem was entirely foreign. ‘The fallacy of this line of rea- soning was proven during the war, when Labor - Management groups were set up in essential war industries, and it was found that when the man on the job was consulted, production increased and things moved along on a much smoother basis.” What is true of a large indus- | try is even more true of small operations, where the men can be treated as human. beings, not as part of a machine. SUPPORT OUR ADVERTISERS |Unions, Co-ops Protect Rights of Under-Dog . In his speech in Des Moines, Iowa, before the Veterans of World War II, President Truman declared: “The Eighty-first Congress is interested in building up farm co-operatives, not tearing them down, It understands that co- operatives are as necessary for the welfare of farmers as unions are for the welfare of the work- ers. “Both co-operatives and unions are means whereby men who are weak economically can become strong enough, by unit- ing, to bargain on a basis of equality. “This Congress will not listen to those who want to tax co- operatives out of existence. Furthermore, before this Con- gress adjourns, I think we shall have a co-operative telephone program similar to the highly @ successful rural eleétrification & program. SIGNS OF PROGRESS” A great many workers still in harness remember when the eight-hour day was something still to be striven for and the five- day week was not yet an objec- tive. This recollection is useful as a gauge with which to measure the progress made in the direc- tion of improving working condi- tions of wage earners. It can be placed by the side of figures given in a booklet issued by the Tabor department at Ottawa. The figures in this case refer to manu- facturing in Canada. More than two-thirds of work- ers in manufacturing plants are on a schedule of 48 hours a week or less and slightly more than half on a five-day week. In this analysis the returns from 4,339 establishments, employing well over half a million persons exclu- sive of office staffs, were used. his coverage is nearly two- thirds of the estimated total num~- ber of plant workers in manufae- turing and is believed truly rep- resentative. ‘Another advance not contem- plated less than fifty years ago is payment of wages for statu- tory and annual holidays. Almost every worker in manu- facturing in Canada now gets an annual paid vacation, the booklet reports, and two-thirds get paid for some or all of the statutor; ) holidays observed in their plant. While the conditions outlined are not something to. be compla. . cent about, they are by comparil son with the past a, notable™. achievement. x British Columbian, ) On behalf of the Merchants Listed DUNCAN Extends Greetings and Best Wishes fora Merry Christmas Fe Suncan BUSINESS GUIDE Bee Island Ice & Cold Storage Ltd. Frozen Food Lockers MEAT - ICE Duncan Lake Cowichan FLORAL ART SHOP -“Flowers for All Occasions” * 281 Craig St. Phone 588 Compliments of YOUNG'S MARKET DUNCAN, B.C. THE ARBUTUS CAFE (Our Food Makes Friends) @ OPEN LATE SATURDAY NIGHT @ T-BONE STEAKS FRIED TO ORDER @ THE BEST TO THE BEST’ CITY EXCHANGE Second-Hand Store “Best Prices Paid in Duncan’ 265 Kenneth St, Phone 78 DUNCAN HOME BAKERY High-Class Confections Bread, Cakes & Pastries Phone 456 DUNCAN, B.C. 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