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ers Rossie Cummins and Fulljames visited St. Paul’s on October 5 and dis-

d cigarettes, candy and es of the B.C. .Lumber ser and the International orker to the following pa-

. Broderick, Northern Shingle _ Mills—Burns and back injuries, side paralyzed; coming

along fine, very cheerful.

_W. Abramson, B.C. Forest Prod- ucts, Bear Creek—Back injury;

and about in a walking aid;

_ doing well.

A. Barzycki, Giroday’s Vancouver

_ — Leg injury; coming along

Ie. R, A. Borland, Cortez Island — Knee injury; doing fine. _ 'W. Krull, Woss Camp, Englewood —Knee injury; doing well. Wickstrom, Northwest Bay . Logging — Spine injury; ex- pecting operation. Mr. ‘Woods, Rutland—Amputated leg; coming along better. A. Zimmer, Robertson & Hackett —Spine injury; doing fine. J. Sigurdson, Alberni Plywoods— Neck injury; feeling good. T. Dunnigan, Central Lake, Port ‘Alberni. — Leg and back in- juries; doing fine. _ 0. Dalin, Seymour Inlet—Broken back; very cheerful.

LOURDES HOSPITAL

_ _ Brothers Gordon McEntee and

©. Simpson, Local 1-363, IWA, ‘visited the following patients in Lourdes Hospital during the month of September, distributing cigarettes and copies of the B.C. Lumber Worker to the following:

Jack Gunther, Cold Creek Log- ‘ging, Granite Bay—Fractured pelvis; hospitalized two weeks; doing fine.

Wesley Shingler, Emerald Log- ging, Kelsey Bay — Dislocated ankle. Compound fracture of ankle; in’ four days; doing fine.

Ernie Keddy, Cold Creek Logging Granite Bay — Hit with haul- back; fractured ear drum; do- ing fine. :

Prank Sayer, Giroday Sawmill, Elk Bay — Fractured arm; in one week; doing fine. Out Fri. day.

Chas, Holloway Baikie Bros. Log- ging, Campbell River — Sprained back.

Alex Podydailo, Camp 5, Bloedel Injured thigh.

St. Joseph’s Hospital

Sister H. Lidberg, W.A., Local 1-863, IWA, visited St. Joseph’s Hospital, Comox, with cigarette:

nd the B.C. Lumber Worker for _C, Gustafson — Severe cold; on the mend.

KING'S DAUGHTERS HOSPITAL

‘The following patients in_the ’s Daughters’ Hospital, Dun- were visited by Financial tary Ed Linder, Local 1-80,

WA, and supplied with copies of B.C. Lumber .Worker and forts. All were reported

and making excellent re-

Singh, Hillerest—Recover- g from an operation. _ Black, Duncan—Recovering m pneumonia, ge Gundersen, Honeymoon iteured hip.

neymoon Bay — » Youbou—Ap-

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Vancouver General Hospital

Sisters Jacqueline Clarkson and Margaret Slarks of the W.A., Lo- cal 1-217, IWA, distributed pa- pers, candy and cigarettes to the following patients:

E. Blake, O’Brien Loggin; — Leg trouble; Poke one = I. Prosser, Vernon—Head injury. F. G. Brice, B. C. Forest Products — Accident; not feeling very good. Jos. Nadekin, Tofino Isle — Leg injury; up on crutches. Wolsuk, Alert Bay—Serious back and chest injuries. J, Steeves, Bute Isle—Compound fracture; improved. E. Backlund, Seymour Inlet — Broken knee cap. W. Shingler, Kelsey Bay. — Leg injury; waiting for operation. S. Maloff, Grand Forks—Broken back.

H. Rickin, Reliable Logging Co. —tLeg grafting; feeling fine. W. “Duke” McNeil, Ladysmith —

Leg injury; feeling fine. G. W. Schwager, A.P.L., Port Al- berni M. Bolinoff, Midway—Leg ampu- tated; having operation. Lavallee, Prince George — Left wrist injury. H. McDonald, Harvey Logging Co.—Foot crushed.

Hip injury.

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Contributions from each Sub- Local to aid the hospital visi ing committee of the W.A., Lo- cal 1-217, IWA, were recom- mended at a well attended quarterly meeting of the Wo- men’s Auxiliary, Local 1-80, I- WA, held in the Local Union headquarters at Duncan, re- cently.

Camp 6, Youbou, Lake Cowi- chan and Ladysmith units were represented. Two members from Chemainus, Mrs. Millmore and Mrs. Honeymoon were initiated, at the meeting.

Camp 6 members reported an increase in membership and plan to hold a bazaar on Noy. 11.

Lake Cowichan members have similar plans in view which will be considered at the next meet- ing. $10.00 has been donated to the United organizations.

Ladysmith members are hold- ing house meetings once a month, and have already succeeded in re- decorating the IWA hospital room in the local hospital.

The meeting was addressed by President Joe Morris, Local 1-80, IWA, who described the growth of the Union and outlined plans for educational classes at Lady- smith, Nanaimo, Lake Cowichan, on trade union subjects.

Financial Secretary Ed Linder, and Business Agent E. Boulet, tendered co-operation in the pro- motion of Auxiliary organization, and also accepted the suggestion that a neighbor or friend accom- pany the police or company offi- cials in reporting fatal accidents.

Business Agent Boulet des-

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Individual co-ops in Canada have an average membership of 500 each.

Although reached the

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in Quebee. Provinces there are four co operatives reporting membership greater than 1,000. There are 18 co-operatives in Canada which report their mem- bership as greater than 10,000. "These are distributed as follow: Alberta, six; Saskatchewan, five; Manitoba, five; Ontario, one, and Some of these co- 3 with an over-10,000 member- ip operate in more than one a eens m ‘poses, was consider- ed to be in the province where ituated,

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Co-ops In Sweden

Co-ops in Sweden, which cover about one family in three, have very effectively protected the entire country from the menace of

monopolies and cartels, This is the opinion of Michael L, Hoffman, U.S. writer.

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Canada

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they _ haven’t individual massive sizes produced by the movement in Britain and the rest of Europe, the healthy growth of Canadian co-ops t membership figures for 1948, the latest available. Registered or incorporated in that year were 8,553 co-ops, with a total membership of 1,127,229. By far the majority of co- operatives in Canada are small in number of members. the provinces, Quebec has the largest number with a small membership. This is undoubtedly due to the numerous housing co- operatives, electricity co-opera- tives, student co-ops and forestry co-ops, where the potential mem- bership is relatively small and also affected by the type of co- operative concerned. ber of Quebec co-operatives with membership of less than 100 is 682. Ontario has 302 co-ops with less than 100 members and Sas- katchewan is next with 222. Co-operatives haying 2 mem- bership of 1,000 or over number 28 in Ontario, 21 in Alberta, 21 in Saskatchewan, :: Columbia, 14 in Manitoba, and 11 In the Maritime

The num-

He pointed out that the main effective agency for curbing the abuses of cartel arrangements or outright monopoly exploitation has been the Swedish coperative movement, which has developed effective techniques for carrying out a policy of protecting the consumers against cartel exploi- tation.

“Finding that publicity’ and counter-boycotts were insufficient to bring down prices, the Union organized its own |margarine- manufacturing subsidiary. Oper- ated like any private business, and selling to all comers—not only to its own. retail outlets— this organization immediately brought prices down 15 per cent.” Ultimately the margarine cartel broke under the competition.

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Since then the Co-operative Union has entered the manufac- turing field, taking over a wide vegetable ils, flour, canned

1-80 WA TO HELP CITY SICK VISITORS

eribed the work of the Local Union in the investigation of fa- tal accidents, and attendance at inquests.

The next meeting will be held on Dec. 9, and will be the occa- sion of a banquet, for which all members will be expected to

bring gifts.

PARKSVILLE WA NAMES OFFICERS

Women’s Auxiliary to the Parksville Sub-Local 1-80, IWA, has now been organized, it was reported at the quarterly meeting held in Duncan recently.

Following are the officers el- ected:

President, Mrs. Joe Dillion; Vice-President, Mrs. Marshall} Financial Secretary, Mrs. J. Gildersleeve; Recording Secre- tary, Mrs. Jean Sadzak; Con- ductor, Mrs. E. Erickson; War- den, Mrs. R. Peterson.

Musical X-Rays

IN NEW YORK City, a mass x-ray of 30,000 musicians turned up three stomachs: containing a cornet mouth- piece, two guitar picks, and a ball of fur one musician had chewed out of his mustache.

WIVES FORCED TO WORK —

More married women than ever are looking for jobs to try and catch up on-the ever-rising cost of living.

This is admitted by the federal department of labor in Ottawa which ‘says that on Aug. 31, 54,- 000 women, of which approxi- mately 40,000 were married, were looking for jobs.

Point index has gone up two jumps since then, and it is likely that even more women are lining up at the labor exchanges.

Statistics issued by the Labor Ministry on Oct. 3, showed total registrations (both men and wo- men) for employment at Sept. 14, amounting to 140,300. This over- all figure is a decline of 11,300 from the first of September, but 1,600 above the total a year ago. Registrations on hand from men alone are 12,000 below the total at the same time last year. Figures on applications for em- ployment (both men and women) at mid-September for representa- tive regions of Canada are as fol- lows: 3 Newfoundland, 6,900; Maritime, 18,200; Quebec, 43,700; Ontario, 84,100; Prairies, 18,900, and Pa- cific Coast, 18,500 (2,500 less than

a year ago).

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range of products, for example: goods, galoshes, cash registers, light bulbs, plumbing fixtures, ceramics, paper, wallboard, staple fibre clothing, fertilizer and farm equipment. The co-opera- tive retail stores throughout the country handle 20% of the total retail business.

The Swedish co-ops are expect- ed to make money, and do so, and are taxed in the same way as

British | private business. But their effec-

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An employee attempting to ap- ply iodine to a small wound, spilled a large bottleful of the antiseptic over his hands. When he lit a cigarette, the lighter’s flame ignited the iodine solution, burning him so severely, death re-

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