Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1910-09-21
CANADIAN LABOR PROBLEM.
By FREDERIC J. HASKIN.

The Canadian Trades and Labor Con-
gress, the largest labor organization in
the Dominion of Canada, is now in ses->
sion in Montreal. 1t is to the industries
of Canada what the American Federation
of Labor is to those Of, the United States.
For number of years it has been work
ing with the latter association in the
solution OF problems mutually affecting
the labor forces of the two countries.
Last year there We're 124 delegates in
attendance upon the convention, repre-
senting twenty-five councils and seventy
trade unions. This year there will be
even greater number. The conventions
of this organization have been strenuous
in their adoption of resolutions. Last
year no less than sixty important reso-
lutions were passed by the congress, and
they covered practically the whole range
of important questions befor the Domin-
ion government and the Dominion people.
One of these resolutions Endorsed the
attitude of the International Mine
Workers Union: another expressed
its sympathy with the American
Federation of Labor in its troubles in
uic Coult VI Tie 1IlitSu otdlSss "i'io
still another declared against oriental
labor and also against a great influex of
European labor into the Canadian labor
markets. Declaring that the burden OF
war in the last analysis falls upon the
wage earners. the congress announced
its opposition to all wars, and
proposed referendum all
questions CT the establishment of
a Canadian navy. There are about $685.
600 laboring people in the Dominion of
Canada, and the labor vote is as much a
factor there as in the United States
The membership of the Trades and Labor
Congress, counting its constituent parties,
is $4,000.
Canadian enterprises are among the
for the welfare
Make Provision of their en-
for Their Employees. striking in
stance of what is being done in that di-
rection in Canada is shown by the re-
suits that have been accomplished by
the management of the Canadian Pa
cific railway. 1t has instituted training
schools for employees, where they may
take up all branches of railroad work.
together with courses in telegraphy and
associated VocatiOnS. At the same time
it has provided advantages for the sons
of its employees who wish to make rail-
reading their life work. In addition to
this it has established savings bank
service at convenient stations along the
of well equipped Y. NJ. c. A. clubhouses.
Every spring the Canadian Pacific
sends out many thousand packages of
flower seeds and bulbs to its employees
tons along the line. This has resulted
in the Canadian Pacific having road
bed lined with flowers almost across a
continent. At the same time it has ere
ated in the men and their families a love
for beauty which they never knew before
the advent of the railroad seed PACKAGE
Other roads have been profiting by the
experiences Of the Canadian Pacific and
flowers in station grounds in Canada are
becoming the rule, rather than the ex-
ception.
Despite the attitude of the labor con- |
gress toward immigration, the Canadian
governm t
Want Settlers is doing ev-
From Other Countries cry 10 en-
settlers from the United States,
England and northern continental Europe.
In England there is line of automobiles
about the country advertising
the advantages of Canada to the labor
ing man and the farmer These motor
wagons are equipped so thoroughly that
they are travelling museums of Canada's
resources. One Of the conspicuous signs
is this: "A Home of Your Own for
You" The immigration agents are care
full to advise the English crowds that
what is needed in Canada Is the newer
of wood and the drawer of water, not
the cuff and collar clerk, the professional
man or even the skilled artisan. 1t is
pointed out that at this tuncture Canada
needs sinews more than she needs brains. |
A booklet. widely distributed, announces
that trainload after trainload of mex
perienced farm hands are absorbed i'm
mediately upon their arrival at Winnipeg
or other middle Canadian points
A great effort Is being, made to en-
the immigration Of young women
into Canada, and often whole carload
will make its appearance in a city like
Winnipeg one day. and before the next
day passes every one OF the women will
cry in England for the immi- |
grafton of women is that the society
seeks to connect the voorhees, woman Of
the mother country with the womanless
work of Canda. 1t Is said that the ma
jority of the young women who come
over do not remain in domestic service
long, but in the course Of compare
lively few months have homes Of their