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THE FISHERMAN
Friday. May 17, 1946
UFA W U Hiring Hall Proves Successful On Halibut
Several weeks before the opening of the halibut season on May 1, the Executive Board of United Fishermen and Allied Workers Union authorized the opening of a Hiring Office, and agreed that UFAWU president, George Miller should be in charge and develop the office as a permanent department of the Union. The results up to the present time are more than satisfactory and it has been demonstrated that there is an urgent need for union hiring in the fishing industry.
G. MUler
Up to the present over 287 union members in good standing have been registered on 55 halibut boats, all of which were covered by the Union agreement. There were also a number of independent owners who did not belong t o the Vancouver Vessel O w n-ers' Association, but who signed on individual agreements. There were 21 company v e s-sels chartered to their respective skippers who also signed the union agreement.
Starting this week, both the dues collections and hiring office are combined which will make for greater efficiency and a closer touch with both men and boats than has been the case in the past
The office will now register any member of the Union no matter in what part of the industry he works, who is out of employment. Operators will be informed from time to time as to the men available and their degree of experience for any classification of work. The Vancouver Vessel Owners' Association has given full cooperation to the establishment of a hiring office where they can be sure that when they ask for an experienced man. they will receive an experienced man if one is available.
During the period prior to the halibut season's opening, Miller registered about 70 non-union men who were seeking a chance in the fishing industry. Most of these men were  returned veter-
ans, many of them with several years of sea experience, but no fishing experience. However, he was successful in placing a number in the halibut fishery and will very likely be able to place additional returned men in salmon fishing.
During the drive on the halibut fleet both Homer Stevens and Fred Olsen, together with Barney Kassen worked energetically on the waterfront getting the boats lined up and credit must be given for the splendid job they have done in seeing to it that all crew members were members of the union and that the boats were covered by the union agreement. ■
It should be pointed out here that any skipper or any operator asking for an experienced man will be supplied with an experienced man if available. If none is available, the records pertaining to non-union men who are registered with us, can be gone over.
The union hiring office expects every union man to help make union hiring a success and to let all skippers know the office is at their disposal when they require a crew or replacements.
CORRECTS C.B.C. ON MISNOMER
Thomas S. Hansen of Steveston, has, as a result of correspondence with the CBC, corrected their use of the term "Georgia Straits."
In reply to him, R. Elson, senior editor of the Vancouver newsroom, states that "although the plural form, Georgia Straits, is commonly used and has, I understand, even appeared on weather maps, it is not, as you point out, correct." Correct term is simply "Strait of Georgia."
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CO - OPS ATTACKED
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WITH PHONEY FIGURES §
HERE is a statement contained in one of the spot! broadcasts being used by the Income Taxpayers As-J jfsociation—"Everyone of Canada's two and a half million || [income tax paying citizens will be paying an extra $50j| lin taxes because business concerns such as cooperatives,!
municipal and government enterprises will not be paying^ lone cent in income and excess profits taxes." This state-j Iment is not true. In fact every one of Canada's taxpayers! idoes not pay fifty dollars in income tax. This in itselfj 1 makes the statement a falsehood. There is, however, anotherg basis on which the statement may be challenged.
If it were true that the Dominion Government failed
■ to collect $125,000,000 because cooperatives, municipal ■and government enterprises did not pay income and excess profits tax, it would not mean that each individual (taxpayer paid fifty dollars more since this loss would not 1 necessarily be all shifted to individuals paying income Itax, for the Dominion Government collects about 72 per-Icent of its revenue from other sources than income taxes| land excess profits taxes. The sum of $125,000,000 was ap-1 (proximately 28 percent of the total taxes collected in)
■ 1944. Thus if it were divided on an equitable basis it| | would raise the income taxes of tax paying individuals byl I only 28 percent or on the average, $14 each. But this! |would be true only if the figure of $125,000,000 were cor-| greet and if the Dominion Government distributed this J ■loss on a percentage basis as indicated by tax returns inl 11944.
However, the figure of $125,000,000 is only the estim-jj ■ate of a university professor. It can very well be disre-g Igarded. Submissions to the Royal Commission on Tax-1 |ation of Cooperatives showed that even if cooperativesi| (were called on to pay income and excess profits taxes thel (total annual tax would amount to roughly $2,500,000. If| (this were divided on the percentage basis there would beg $700,000 to be paid by individual income taxpayers. With! two and one half million taxpayers this would average twenty-eight cents each. This is a long way short of§ fifty dollars.
To carry our calculations still further. In 1944 indi-B vidual taxpayers receiving up to $2,000 in income paid_ almost twenty-four percent of the retainable tax paid byl individuals. Thus on the basis of 1944 those individuals! who received up to $2,000 income in that year would! have to pay almost seven cents «ch because cooperatives! were not subject to income and excess profits tax. And! the income tax was reduced in 1945.
The Minister of Finance has forecast a drastic re-1 (duction in the individual income tax for the future. It! Imay well be that the modest seven cents which may have! !been the extra contributions by those receiving up toJ 1$2,000 per year in 1944 will be still lower this year.
How foolish -then appear the spot broadcasts of the! IjI.T.P.A. in respect to taxation of cooperatives.
AFL, CIO UNIONS UNITE TO FfGHT
U. S. Cooperatives Win Round In lax Bout
WASHINGTON, DC—The Small Business Committee of the House, which conducted a thorough investigation of U.S. cooperatives and their taxation as a result of the anti-cooperative National Tax Equality Association's propaganda and lobbyist demands for co-op smashing tax legislation, issued its report late last month.
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The report not only flatly denies the government's right to tax co-op patronage refunds, but enthusiastically endorsed the coop way of doing business. It got the unanimous approval of the nine-mane committee. A Co-op News Service summary of the report follows:
• The cooperative movement is a successful means of combating monopolistic concentration, and as such is a very healthy addition to the American economy.
• The theory, widely spread by NTEA and other cooperative enemies, that the Cooperative movement is seriously endangering other economic forms of business, can be utterly disregarded.
• Cooperatives are only agents for member owners and all the money received by cooperatives belongs to the member owners only. Thus the committee destroyed the contention that patronage returns could be taxed.
• Advantages had by farm cooperatives which are tax exempt do not exceed the disadvantages the farm cooperatives have to assume.
• The exemptions given "farm cooperatives" should not be removed because it has become a national policy to assist agriculture as the monopolistic attacks on  agriculture  tend  to increase.
• There is no evidence to show that cooperatives have any advantages thru the Farm Credit Administration which are not provided to other forms of business.
• The Bureau of Internal Revenue should tighten up on its administrative controls of the tax exempt laws, and proper administration would insure that no tax exempt cooperatives could obtain any advantage.
• One agency of the government should collect all statistics at least once in each five years; more detailed financial reports should be made by tax exempt cooperatives; farm purchasing cooperatives should be permitted to purchase only farm production goods; legislation should be adopted to provide for the manner of operation and organization of all non-tax exempt cooperatives.
—Co-op Builder
Seattle Fish Production Starts Showing Increase
During the week ending Saturday, May 11, receipts of fresh fish at Seattle totalled 740,052 pounds which represented an increase of 34 percent over the previous week's receipts of 552,200 pounds. Current receipts were, however, 42 percent less than the 1,270,044 pounds received during the comparable week last year.
TORONTO (ALN) — Complete agreement on a united wage fight was reached last week between Canadian AFL and CIO rubber workers. A conference attended by representatives of the CIO United Rubber Workers and the AFL Trades and Labor Congress
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voted to set up a joint committee to coordinate demands and strategy for rubber workers in Ontario and Quebec. The two groups agreed that neither would reach a separate settlement.
The groups also agreed that there would be no attempt to raid each other's unions. The conference represented 15,000 rubber workers in Ontario and Quebec, and was one of the most concrete steps yet taken toward unity of action between workers in the French and English-speaking .provinces. .This is the first time that Quebec TLC-CIO cooperation has been realized.
The conference was endorsed both by L. S. Buckmaster, international president of the CIO United Rubber Workers, and by Percy Bengough, president of the TLC, to which Canadian AFL unions are affiliated.
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RUPERT BUTCHERS
Meat, Groceries,
Vegetables and Delicatessen
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Next to Royal Hotel
Phone 21—707 3rd Ave., West
PRINCE RUPERT, B.C.
The first halibut trips of the 1946 season arrived at Seattle during the week with 14 vessels from Area II landing 363,000 pounds of halibut; in addition, these craft delivered 1,300 pounds of sablefish and 4,100 pounds of mixed cod. Additional halibut receipts consisted of 81,072 pounds delivered by packer boat and trucks and 12,-309 pounds imported from British Columbia.
Salmon fishing was highly productive during the week with 149,-453 pounds of troll and gill net-caught kings being delivered. Of this amount, 136,483 pounds were transported and alnded at the local port by 16 trollers, four truck and two packer boats with the balance being Canadian imports.
Otter trawl operations slackened off sharply with seven vessels delivering a total of 48,878 pounds consisting mostly of petrale sole, true cod and lingcod-   Receipts of
rock-fishes declined sharply from the heavy production of the past few weeks and totalled slightly over 16,000 pounds. Species in heaviest supply were: halibut, 456,-381 pounds; king salmon, 149,453 pounds; soles, 48,617 pounds, mostly petrale and English; and ling-cod, 39,376 pounds.
Shellfish continued in brisk demand and supplies were moderately light. Items in greatest supply were: 2,560 gallons of shucked Pacific oysters; 715 boxes of Canadian clams; and 16,758 pounds of Dunge-ness crabs.
There were no receipts of frozen fish from Alaska during the week. The railroad companies reported a light movement of cars outbound with one car of fresh fish via express, one car of frozen fish via freight and two cars of mild cured salmon via freight, all shipped East-
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Always at the Home of UNION MADE Clothing — and Friendly Service. •
Established for Over 40 Years
Phone PAc 3646 45 E. Hastings Vancouver
FISHERMEN!
When In Northern B.C. Waters—Use Your Co-op Facilities
• Liver Oil Plant •   Fishermen's Credit Union
• First Class Bakery •   Fish Cold Storage
• Fish Camps With Stores And Oil Station
• Large General Fishing Supply Store In Prince Rupert
• Fishermen's Settlement Service •   Ice Plant.
• Agency Pacific Coast Mutual Marine Insurance Co.
Prince Rupert Fishermen's
Co-op Ass'n
Phone: Store—760 - 764 Cold Storage Plant—Red 786
Fishermen!
Office—763 Engine Room—Blue 786
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Our Camps and Stores on the West Coast of Vancouver Island are ready to serve!
Kyuquot Trollers Co-operative Association
Head Office: Victoria, B.C. Camps with Stores: Camps Only:
KYUQUOT Tofino Ucluelet Klaskish
BAMFIELD Refuge Cove Winter Harbour
Navigational Charts, Nautical Instruments, Nautical Almanacs, Course Protractors, Log Books, Tide Tables
STATIONERS and PRINTERS
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VANCOUVER, B.C.
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