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LABOR MANIFESTOThe following manifesto has been is sued by the Labor candidate:u .TO THE ELECTORS OF VANCOUVER Gentlemen.—In appealing to you fo support In the forthcoming general Pro vinclal election, the Vancouver Labo Party begs to make the following state mcnt of its principles and policy:For many years we have felt the wan of a definite Labor Party in the House whose specific duty should be to introduci and support measures for the amellora tipn of the condition of the workers iTitherto, the workers, as such, have no^ been represented in either the Provin cial or Dominion Houses. Our legislators, while always elected by the vote oi the working classes, have always beer chosen from the ranks of the lawyers (the professional class), landowners, leisure class, or large manufacturers (direct exploiters of labor), but never from the ranks of the workers themselves. Therefore, and almost of necessity, our laws have been made in the Interest of the moneyed and luxurious classes and those who derive their incomes from them, viz., the professionals. . .As long as this condition of affairs remains, we7 who from time Immemorial have been called the working class cannot expect to have more than the merest fragment of justice accorded to uo by legislative enactments.In lieu of legislation in our behalf, we have to appeal to the “strike” because wo have no other weapon to fight with..-.Wo realise that the “strike” is clumsy, uncertain and always more or less disagreeable, and annoying to the country.The Vancouver Labor Party, therefore, puts itself on. record as being in favor of legislative enactments to relieve the working class from the unjust conditions which now burden them. Ninety per cent, of the population of British Columbia have no direct voice in making or putting In force the laws of the Province. This ought not to be. That the trend of the workers’ movement is in the direction of direct representation in Parliament by the workers themselves is evi-; denced by the fact that a number of i working men have seats in the Imperial Parliament; that Mr. Puttee has been elected on this issue to the Dominion House, and Mr. Haw thorn thwaite to the Provincial Assembly.Working men of Vancouver, be true to yourselves and vote for the Vancouver Labor Party on October 31st, 1903.(Signed) F. WILLIAMS, Tailor,A. G. PERRY, Motorman.; j: : J. EDWARDS, Machinist.
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Vancouver Independent
Vancouver, British Columbia, CA
Sat, Sep 26, 1903
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