rs Page Two , THE B.C. LUMBER WORKER Ne ey LETTERS Camp and Mill “EVERY READER A CORRESPONDENT” Meet Your Friends at MANITOBA HOTEL 44 W. Cordova St. Outside Rooms — Elevator Service Steam Heat — Reasonable Rates Centrally Located RALPH ROSSE, Mgr. earner rr 0 — ore Sey. 8580 | Oe SCANDIA CAFE 217 Carrall St. “The place to meet your chums at meal-time in town” SEA FOODS ARE GOOD FoR YOU . +. and you'll like them at THE “ONLY” FISH THEY ARE ALWAYS FRESH! 20 East Hastings Street 100% UNION HOUSE ‘ee TELAT “The greater the difficulties are, are stronger we resist, The final victory must be ours.’—Dr, P. D, Chang, in “China Today.” HANEY TAILORS 62 East Hastings St. Phone SEy. 9417 Vancouver, B.t WE GUARANTEE A PERFECT FIT AND COMPLETE SATISFACTION! _THE BARBER SHOP in Balmoral Hotel 159 East Hastings St. ALWAYS GOOD SERVICE UNION SHOP Alf Lindahl, Prop. aay Welcome, Loggers! 5 ie : < ; A ae HOTEL NEW LION 122 E. Hastings Street Vancouver, B.C. PHONE — SBEy. 29640° New Pioneer Superintendent Raises Crew’s Wages ‘On Paper’ The cheapest-paying outfit'’on the Coast and the toughest to work for— that’s the Pioneer Timber Company at Port MacNeil. Financed by Shelly, the big bread and biscuit man, its bonds backed by the Powell River Com- pany, Pioneer Timber is nevertheless too on the chokers or $4.65 for pulling rigging. That's not the story, of course, that? MacQuillan, new Pioneer superintendent, told I.W.A. organizers who visited the camp some ten days ago. According to Mr. MacQuillan, who succeeded the ill-fated “Step and a Half” Phelps, there had been some big changes since he took command. Certain re- strictions on personal liberty were being removed—though the “welcome” mat was definitely not laid for I.W.A. organi- zers—and there was even going to be a social committee run by the men them- selves. As for Mr. MacQuillan, he was going to make himself “available” to any in- dividual in the camp who had a griev- ance—sort of a father confessor— and to make the story sound better, he told the I.W.A. organizers that wages had already been increased to $4.40 a day on the chokers with a proportionate increase all round, Whether the new Pioneer Timber “super” intends to raise wages unless he is forced to is one question—but one thing is sure, he’s still paying $4.25 on the chokers and $4.65 pulling rig- ging—and that’s the cheapest scale on the Coast without exception. To this extent Mr. MacQuillan is guilty of— shall we say—a distortion of facts? One final word about this operation. It’s true that camp accomodations, in particular, are above the average. But living in nicely painted bunkhouses doesn’t pay for the 20 percent increase in the cost of living, for higher prices on meals, cigarettes and liquor in town, for higher prices on logging boots. If the crew at Pioneer hasn’t already reached this conclusion, they will in the next few weeks. And with that realiza- tion will come the conviction that higher wages—equal wages with other Coast camps—can only come with union or- ganization, AP, To help Japan with materials to con- quer China is to sow dragon's teeth in all corners of the earth; and these will arise to crush liberty and destroy civil- ization—Chiang Kai-shek. ‘DENTIST LEE WELLS OUGLAS SEY: 0988 CITY THE LOGGERS’ RADIO ALWAYS AT YOUR SERVICE Office & Stand: 404 COLUMBIA AVE. TAXI | FRIEND Trin. 1000 CARS “poor” to pay more than $4.25 CAMP ACTIVITY S REPORTED in the last issue of the Union Bulletin, the majority of fir camps on the Coast as well as an increasing number of pulp camps are now operating, with production close to normal in most cases. Of the camps on the southern main- land, only Stillwater is known to be closed tight, with part of the crew sent to the Wells Pass camp of the O’Brien Logging Company, Since the last report, Spry's Camp, bet- ter known as B. GC. Pulp, which supplies logs for the Port Alice mill, has reopen- ed after alength yshutdown. A number of other pulp camps have either reopened or plan to open as a result of the sharp improvement in the pulp market. Dumar- eq Brothers are now operating two camps on Seymour Inlet. Ben Willet’s camp in Bond Sound re- opened last week. On the northern end of Vancouver .Is- land, Cyr’s and Allen's camp is reported preparing to close down for the winter due to rough weather making booming operations impossible. Two cold deck crews already laid off, GOOD CONDITIONS AT DUMARESQ BROS. Dumaresqu Bros., Allison Harbor, Editor, B, C, Lumber Worker: This camp is located about 25 miles from Allison Harbor in Merwith Sound, with about 20 men employed. One steam donkey is operating—cold decking—and the logs are hauled down to the water with a “cat.” The board is good and there is no highball on the rigging. Fallers were working by the day but are now on contract. Japanese falling crews have been laid off at this camp. I don’t know how long they intent to run—suppose it depends on the market. We get the “Green Gold” program every week in camp, Here's best wishes for further progress* towards a unionized industry. —CARD VL 247, 444 Carrall Street Hotel West Ltd. FRED R. MARCHESE, Mgr. Moderate Rates and Centrally Located Phone: SEy. 9401, SEy. 9402 Rounds and Burchett, Ramsay Arm — Operating at close to normal capacity. Accommodations only fair but grub is good. Wages on the rigging range from $4.50 upwards, with all scales somewhat below the average for Association camps on the Island, a fact which is causing some dissatisfaction among the crew. : Only a few sets of fallers in camp, but — company is believed to be planning to start logging in a big pulp show close to the beach, York Logging Co., Fredericks Arm— A throwback to the gyppo camps of 25 years ago. Bunkhooses and washroom about the worst on the Coast. Pay is cheap, much lower than the big majority of gyppos. Only about 20 of a crew. Salmon River Logging Company — Running at full capacity with a crew of about 180 men. Accommodations and grub good. Wages on the rigging are about the average but some kick on the tight scale. Expected to run through to Christmas, M. and M. Log, Forward Bay — Small outfit on Johnstone Straits, with a erew of about 20 men. No fallers in camp. Running two trucks. Accommodations fair and washhouse and cookhouse good, Main drawback here is low wages, rang- ing from $4.25 and up. Company has a habit of firing men on the up boat, fore- ing them to take a three-day trip before heading back to town, Ashley’s Camp, Seymour Inlet—About 12 men in camp but fallers are expected te be shipped In soon. Accommodations and grub good. Wages somewhat above the average for small camps, paying $5 on the chokers, Situated on Nugent Sound. Malgrot's Camp, Seymour Inlet — A- frame and tightline show, with about 16 men in camp. Accommodations only fair but grub is good. Wage scales are slightly below average for Seymour Inlet camps—$4.50 on the chokers, Let it not be said that “it can’t happen here.” Even today, in our very midst, unfaithful stewards betray their trust, bidding us likewise be faithless, scorning the wise valor of our fathers, Against siich traitors let us keep wateh and ward, —Wickham steed. Asked at his trial whether he believed that the “class struggle would result in bloodshed,” Harry Bridges, labor-leader, replied: “It is resulting in bloodshed right now. * But the blood is usually ours.”—Associated Press. Vancouver, B.C.