preach it whenever an opportunity pre- outside our ranks because they are dissents itself. We have in our own field in the Brotherhood of Locomotive Firemen and Enginemen an organization modern and conservative in its policies but firm in its purpose. Trusting in the noble principle that right is might it has registered victories in our struggles and written valuable pages of history in the labor annals, and we stand today before the world as an organization, not of violence and aggression, but of conservatism and justice, not only to ourselves but to the public at large. We have gained for those engaged in our hazardous calling advancement in wages, better safety devices and improved employment conditions all of which mean happier homes, better living conditions for our families and better education for our children. believers in unionism, but because they have not been approached in the proper manner, because the true teachings and benefits of our Brotherhood have not been conveyed to them by those whose first and most sacred duty as workers should be to enroll each and every wage earner in the organized lines. We have nobody but ourselves to blame, as our Brotherhood will always be what our members make it. The Grand Lodge officials are unable to bring our order to the highest attainable standard of success unless each and every member of our great body does his part, all cooperating with and assisting each other in, what should be our mutual aspiration-making our Brotherhood truly, the greatest body of railroad men in the world. Success depends on ourselves. By putting our shoulders to the wheel, pushing forward, not only in organizing, but also in teaching solidarity we will soon find that our work has not been in vain, and in a not distant future the sun will rise over a happier world, with happier people, and the fruit of labor will then in a larger degree, belong the those who toil. ing. In view of these facts I can not but ask myself the question: Why do so many locomotive men-eligible to membership therein remain outside our order? Why do so many of those engaged in our calling fail to join our ranks? Why do so many of those who enjoy the benefits we have secured for them fail to contribute their mite towards the maintenance of our Brotherhood, and in doing so contribute towards insuring happier circum- Chicago Fifth Sunday Union Meetstances for those who are dear to them, and through our most reasonable insurance department provide for their families should they be called upon to answer the last summons? To a large extent I must admit, and it grieves my heart in so doing, that we ourselves are in the main responsible for this condition of affairs. Our own indifference in time of industrial peace, in the matter of organizing the young element is, no doubt, the prime factor responsible for the fact that there are so many non-brotherhood men who should by right be members of our order. The human race, let it be Teutonic, Celtic, Slav, or Anglo-Saxon, is composed of many kinds of characters. Some of us are born union men, others are easily converted while a very small percentage belong to the class who refuse to be convinced. Engine service employes are an intelligent body of men, and no serious difficulty should be experienced in awakening them to their class consciousness. It is an old and acknowledged fact, that a body at rest will forever remain so unless acted upon by some other body. So it is with these unorganized men, they will forever remain unorganized unless we, the members of the Brotherhood exert our efforts to organize them. They do not remain On Sunday, August 30th last, the sec ond Chicago Fifth Sunday Union Meeting was held in that city. While this meeting was a success we feel that many more brothers should have been present on account of the large number of lodges located in Chicago. Assistant President Timothy Shea, Vice-President D. B. Robertson, Brother D. McCarthy, Chairman of the Illinois State Legislative Board, and Brother Layman, Safety Appliance Inspector and member of Lodge 217, were present and addressed both the afternoon and evening sessions. The afternoon session was called to order at 2:45 p. m. by Chairman Renshaw, who after a few well chosen remarks introduced Assistant President Shea. Brother Shea pointed out the benefits derived from meetings of this kind at which subjects of vital interest to men of our calling are discussed. He also referred to the difficulty incident to the se lection of the two neutral members of Movement. He compared our working the Arbitration Board in our Western conditions and wages with those of locomotive enginemen in Great Britain, and showed that $5.00 in that country would purchase as much as $9.00 in the United States. He urged upon all brothers to encourage these fifth Sunday union meetings and if possible to be present at them. He said that if we do not take more interest in such meetings we might some time be caught asleep. Brother Shea also expressed his approval of joint meetings with the B. of L. E. Brothers Richert, Lodge 196, Loftus, Lodge 331, Renshaw, Lodge 47 and Pitzele, Lodge 538 all spoke in favor of the appointment of a committee to attend the meeting of the B. of L. E., and a motion was carried providing that all subsequent meetings be held jointly with the B. of L. E., and the chairman appointed a committee to meet a committee from that brotherhood, with a view to making such arrangements. Brother Robertson was then introduced and during the course of his remarks said that meetings held jointly with the B. of L. E. in other parts of the United States were very largely attended and were highly successful. The evening session was called to order at 8 p. m. by the chairman, and the subject most discussed was the smoke nuisance, in which all our members in Chicago are particularly interested. This question was threshed out from every point of view and it was the sense of the committee that because of the poor coal used our members should not be censured and receive demerit marks-an injustice to which they are at present being subjected. Now brothers, wake up and be sure and be on hand at our next meeting as you will see from this account of our last meeting you certainly missed a treat by not being present. session was Brother Brown of Lodge 451. Amongst the speakers at the evening We regret that because of the lateness of the hour we could not call on some of the other good speakers present but hope to see them again at our next meeting. THOMAS E. MELVIN, Questions of great importance were taken up and discussed with very satis- Secretary and Treasurer Chicago Union factory results. Meeting Association. WHEN RAILROADING WAS NEW By J. ALEX KILLINGSWORTH* enginemen despise. Of course, sir, we had troubles, in those early days, to share, For then the trains were not controlled by automatic air. But still, there wasn't half the 'red tape' enginemen face now; We didn't need a secretary, which you must allow A man would have to have if he complied with the requests Of railroad sup'rintendents, and others with behests For written explanations when a nut drops from the tank. *Charity Lodge No. 5 St. Thomas, Ontario, Canada. + The Machines-not the stenographers. very true, The men were quite successful in the work they had to do." Hurrah! Hurrah! for those old days, when railroading was new; When enginemen, once registered, with their day's work were through The days before typewriters were adopted when it meant, Officials had to write with pen each letter that was sent. No! those men didn't think it quite so necessary then, Concerning triv'l matters, to send letters to their men; But now they've got stenographers, and how they work them, too, By sending out long letters, where a line or two would do. How many times the men have wished the typewriters in-Well! I do not care to say just where-but reader, you can tell. Calgary Canadian Grand Union were: Brother George K. Wark, ViceMeeting Splendid Success. President and Brother E. A. Ball, of the Board of Directors. The General The Canadian Grand Union Meeting Chairmen present were Brothers H. H. held in the City of Calgary, Alberta, Lynch of the Canadian Pacific Railway, Canada, August 3d to 8th last was a W. J. Dowell of the Grand Trunk Railgrand success from the day it opened way, and T. M. Spooner of the Canadian until its close on Saturday, August 8th, Northern Railway; and the Legislative and all delegates and visitors who at- Department of the Brotherhood was A SCENE IN CALGARY-C. P. R. STATION IN BACKGROUND The words "Calgary Municipal" appear on the side of this street car. The people own the street car system and not only that but they own the electric light plant, that supplies light to the city, the water plant that supplies water to the city and all their municipal utilities, and if natural gas is discovered within a reasonable distance from the city the municipality acquires ownership. Calgary people are not constantly paying tribute through the private ownership of their public utilities to millionaire aristocrats and plutrocratic corruptionists of courts and legislatures. They are not through their public utilities contributing profits and dividends for the maintenance of a monied aristocracy of oppression and repression. Their public utilities are operated for and by the people, and with an exclusive view to the best service and the most reasonable rates consistent with the proper maintenance of the properties, and their public utilities develop with the needs of the city, and people in outlying districts are not forced to wait for the extension of water mains and street car lines, etc., for years after such districts have been developed, as is the case with private ownership. The people are considered first. There are a few other cities on the continent that are progressive enough to have municipal ownership but they are comparatively very few. Every city on the continent should own and operate its public utilities and to that extent help to dethrone the plutocracy-the idle domineering, oppressive and liberty crushing plutocracy.-Editor. tended will long remember the Canadian represented by Brother Wm. L. Best, Grand Union Meeting held in Calgary. Canadian National Legislative RepreDelegates and visitors were arriving in sentative. the city for two or three days prior to On concluding his address of welcome the opening date. Chairman Crowe introduced Vice-PresiThe morning session was opened in dent Wark, who spoke of many matters Paget Hall at 9:30 a. m. Monday, of great interest to our members and August 3d by Brother Wm. Crowe, was followed by other brothers who disChairman of the Committee of Arrange- cussed several live subjects of importance to the men of our craft. ments. The Grand Lodge officers present On Monday afternoon a joint meeting B. OF L. F. AND E. EXCURSION, FIELD, B. C., AUGUST 7, 1914 (Progress Photo Co., Calgary, Alberta, Canada) was held with the sisters of the Ladies' Society and was addressed by Sister Maude E. Moore, Grand President of the Ladies' Society. Sister Moore told of the good work the Society is doing and was very earnest in her appeal to the brothers for more hearty support of the efforts put forth by the Ladies' Society for the growth and betterment of their organization. The public reception was held in Sherman's Auditorium at 8 p. m. Brother Crowe acted as Chairman and at the conclusion of his address in which he welcomed the visitors on behalf of Lodge 635 he introduced His Worship Mayor Sinnott. Mayor Sinnott in addressing the gathering called attention to the fact that this was the first meeting of such a representative body of railroad men that ever convened in Calgary. He said that the city owed more to the railroad organizations than to any others. "No organization," he said, "has the welfare of the people more at heart or assumes greater responsibility in advancing the well being of society than do the railroad brotherhoods." Mayor Sinnott in terms of warm sincerity extended the delegates and visitors the freedom of the city. Vice-President Wark in the course of his address reviewed the aims and purposes of the organization from its early inception. "Today," he said, "we have a membership of 89,088, according to the latest report." He explained the operations of the Insurance Department of the Brotherhood and told of the vast amount of good it has accomplished since it was first organized. In calling attention to the vast territory embraced in the jurisdiction of the Brotherhood, Brother Wark stated that "in the audience tonight there were men from as far east as Prince Edward Island and Cape Breton" in addition to members and their friends from the United States. In fact he said that every Province and State in the two countries were represented. He spoke of the influence for good that an organization like ours exerts on men and significently pointed out that the church and the labor unions can and do work hand in hand regardless of what anyone may say to the contrary. "I want" he said in closing "to appeal to the good people of Calgary for your sympathy in our work, that we may continue to carry the same spirit with us for the betterment of the great field in which we move and for the uplifting of these nations." The next speaker T. M. Tweedie, M. P. P. expressed regret on behalf of Mr. |