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Newspaper
Cumberland Islander
Location
Cumberland, British Columbia, Canada
Date
Sep 28, 1912
Page
4
The editor argues leaders shape lives through guided example. It stresses that every person holds a post in life and depends on others, comparing leadership to a locomotive’s fire and a liner’s stokers, urging individuals to do their own work in their place.
The town faces a strike threatening families and monthly budgets. About eighty percent of Cumberland men would return to work if a settlement is found. As prosperity wanes with unrest, the need for perceptive leadership to secure a durable agreement grows urgent.
Strikes, regardless of justification, injure miners more than coal owners, whether workers are discharged for good or bad reasons.
Tender for a pile wharf at Massett in the Masset Bay region BC is invited until 4 pm on Tuesday October 15 1912. Tender forms and contract documents available from the Department and offices of district engineers in Prince Rupert New Westminster and Massett. Tender must be on printed forms signed with occupation and residence. firms must list all members. A 10 percent cheque to the Minister of Public Works accompanies each tender and is forfeited if contract not entered into or work not completed. The Department reserves the right to reject any tender.
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