Journal Stories From The 2000's

L.U. No. 230 Victoria, B.C.
Editor:

The grim ledger of life for the year 1932 having received its final entry and its trial balance completed has been laid away and we are well started in our entries in the new ledger for the year 1933. The air is filled with the clamor of many tongues advocating various plans for relieving the distressing conditions which prevail in the industrial world today.

Life is not as free from care as we would like to have it, but in the December number of the WORKER, under the heading, “Life Requires Courage,” by President Broach, we have a sane, courageous summing up of the situation, and a fearless facing of the future which speaks directly to us from the printed the page, and he must but an apathetic worker indeed, if, after reading it, he does not catch some of the spirit of inspiration which it contains.

Although, since the big storm of last month, the heavy rains have only gradually slackened down, yet the line gangs have got their troubles about cleared up. They were heroes the way they handled old King Electricity when he was on the rampage, but to tell the truth they didn’t look like heroes. No sor! In their slickers, sou’ westers and rubber boots streaming with rain and their noses blue with the cold, they looked more like a bunch of Halifax fishermen in distress.

The projected excursion to Peer Island is postponed, the inclement weather not being favorable for Doukhobor acting. These “Douks,” in their settlements, delight to put on simple pastoral plays in their own primitive way. The government was so impressed by these performers that they rewarded the “Douks” with a three-year vacation on beautiful Peer Island, which was at considerable expense prepared for their reception. Having no work to do and the government paying all expenses has given them ample leisure in which to meditate on the unbound generosity of the said government.

There is an outspoken opinion among some of our floating unemployed that if they could get the same favored treatment as the “Douks” from the government, they would jolly well put on a few similar shows themselves.

Shappy.



	Published in February 1933 - I.B.E.W. Journal L.U. No. 230 Victoria, B.C. Editor: The grim ledger of life for the year 1932 having received its final entry and its trial balance completed has been laid away and we are well started in our entries in the new ledger for the year 1933. The air is filled with the clamor of many tongues advocating various plans for relieving the distressing conditions which prevail in the industrial world today. Life is not as free from care as we would like to have it, but in the December number of the WORKER, under the heading, “Life Requires Courage,” by President Broach, we have a sane, courageous summing up of the situation, and a fearless facing of the future which speaks directly to us from the printed the page, and he must but an apathetic worker indeed, if, after reading it, he does not catch some of the spirit of inspiration which it contains. Although, since the big storm of last month, the heavy rains have only gradually slackened down, yet the line gangs have got their troubles about cleared up. They were heroes the way they handled old King Electricity when he was on the rampage, but to tell the truth they didn’t look like heroes. No sor! In their slickers, sou’ westers and rubber boots streaming with rain and their noses blue with the cold, they looked more like a bunch of Halifax fishermen in distress. The projected excursion to Peer Island is postponed, the inclement weather not being favorable for Doukhobor acting. These “Douks,” in their settlements, delight to put on simple pastoral plays in their own primitive way. The government was so impressed by these performers that they rewarded the “Douks” with a three-year vacation on beautiful Peer Island, which was at considerable expense prepared for their reception. Having no work to do and the government paying all expenses has given them ample leisure in which to meditate on the unbound generosity of the said government. There is an outspoken opinion among some of our floating unemployed that if they could get the same favored treatment as the “Douks” from the government, they would jolly well put on a few similar shows themselves. Shappy.