El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1910-09-21

"HE Canadian Trades and LABOR
congress, the largest labor or
u ganization in the dominion of
Canada, is now in session in the city
of Montreal. 1t is to the industries
of Canada what the American Fedora
ton of Labor is to those of the United
States. For number of years it has
been working with the latter associa-
ton in the solution of problems mu-
tually affecting the labor forces Of
the two countries. Last year there
were 124 delegates in attendance upon
the convention, representing p cOun-
ellis and 20 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 60 important resolutions were
passed by the congress, and they Gov
cred practically the whole range OF
important questions before the domin-
ion government and the dominion peO-
pie.
Miners Union Endorsed
One of these resolutions endorsed
the attitude of the International Mine
Workers union; another expressed
its sympathy with the American Fed
Grafton of Labor in it's troubles in the
courts of the United States; while
still another declared against Orient
al labor and also against a great in
flux Of European labor into Canadian
labor markets. Declaring that the
| burden of war in the last analysis
| falls upon wage earners, the congress
announced its opposition to all wars
and proposed a referendum on the
| question of the establishment Of a
Canadian navy: There are about $780,
! 900 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 con-
stituent parties, is $1,000.
Canadian enterprises are among the
foremost in the world in their pro-
vision for the welfare of their en-
ployes. A striking instance of what is
being done in that direction in Can
ada is shown by the results that have
ben accomplished by the management
| of the Canadian Pacific railway. II
has instituted training schools for en-
ployes, where they may take up al
! branches of railroad work, together
with courses in telegraphy and asso-
| ciated vOcations; at the same time, il
has provided advantages for the sons
of its employees who wish to make
| railroading their life-work In addi-
!
ingS bank service at convenient sta
lions along the entire system, and has
| provided a chain of we'll equipped Y
NJ. C. a. clubhouses
A Railroads Good Plan.
Every spring the Canadian Pacific
sends out many thousand packages o.
flower seeds and bulbs to its en-
ployes, and offers prizes for the bes
kept sections along the line. This has re-
suited in the Canadian Pacific hav
ing a roadbed lined with flowers al
most across a continent At the same
time 1t has created in the men anC
their families a love for beauty which
they never knew before the advent O
the railroad seed package. Other
roads have been profiting by the ex
periences of the c. P, and flower.
in station grounds in Canada are be
coming the rule rather than the ex
ception.
Despite the attitude of the 1abo
congress toward immigration, the Can
adam government is doing everything
it can to encourage settlers from tn
United States, England, and northern
continental Europe. In England Their
is a line of automobiles travelling
about the country advertising the ad
vantages of Canada to the laborini
man and the farmer. These motto
wagons are equipped so thorough
that they are travelling museums o
Canada'S resources. One of the con
spicuoUs signs is this: a Home o
Your Own for You" The immigratioI
agents are careful to advise the En-
glish crowds that what is needed i
Canada is the newer of wood an
drawer of water, not the cuff and col
lar clerk, the professional man o
even the skilled artisan. 1t is point
ed out that at this juncture Canad