Evening Advocate, 1923-03-03

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OFFICIAL  ORGAN   OF  THE  FISHERMEN'S   PROTECTIVE   UNION   OF  NEWFOUNDLAND
ST. JOHN'S,
MARCH    3,     1923.
PRICE : TWO CENTS.
Coaker's Victories for
Sealers And Loggers
Vessels Still Fast In The Ice
and L
tracts from the Sealers'
gers" Acts which we publish in-this issue, recall vividly
thc battles waged in the Assembly
on behalf of these measures by the
fishermen's laborers' tried and
true friend. Hon. W. F. Coakcr
Thej aiso recall other incidents
ot a nature not so complimentary
to some at that time.
When Mr. Coaker brought his
first Sealers' Bill before the
House in the early days of the
session of 1914, the Government'
of the day. including Cashin
Crosbie. Bennett and the others
of the Tory outfit of to-day were
de:ermined that no notice would
hc taken of it. and while they
were compelled to accede to its
introduction and first reading
they took good care that i
should gel no further, and from
its consideration was
deferred orr one flimsy prile-x
or another. Tlje Bill called' for
proper treatment and proper
VeJin^ of the sealers, and it did
not meet with much favor from,
the "big interests." One of the
demands made in the Bill was tha j
cooks on the sealing steamers
should be cooks and nothing else
and when Mr. Coaker finally
forced the House to take up the
consideration of the Bill seriously, he had other influences to
contend with which were as
strongly against anything being
done to improve the conditions
for the sealers as those to be
fought in the Assemhljt itself. '
Captain Abram Kean 'evidenced
so much bitter antagonism to,
wards the measure that he tried
in every way to stir up popular
feeling against it, and even let
himself be carried away to such
an extent by some remarks of a
politician against thc Bill, tha
hc openly ^voiced his agrecmen
with the refnarks as hc sat inside
thi Bar of'"'the 1-Nj.Use. He was
particularly set against the section providing that the cooks provided   for the men    should    not
ordinarily be called upon to perform other duties.
Such were the forces Mr. Coaker
id to contend with to get this
and the subsequent Sealers' Acts
through the House and on the
Statute Books, but he accomplished it, and to-day thc sealers
are getting the benefit of his
fights on their behalf.
The same conditions prevailed
in thc case of the. Loggers'    Bill
hich Mr. Coaker also brought in
during the session of 1014. He
had to fight his way for every
inch of progress made by the
measure through the Lower House,
only to have it mutilated by the
Upper House to such an extent
that the best sections in it, so far
as the loggers were concerned,
wcre cut out and it was ultimately
shelved by being passed onto a
Select Comrni
When the Bill came before the
gentlemen of the Upper House, he
said, there was not one amongst
the twenty-two comprising it tha
had the courage to pilotit through
or had enough interest in the 3,000
loggers to secure for them free
dom from treatment, that, admin
istered to a dog, would send the
guilty persons to "prison for six
months."
In 1915 the Bill again came he
fore the House, and tbjs time, dc
spite opposition to its' provisions
Mr. Coaker won his great victory
for the loggers by having thc Act
passed almost identically as he hat
originally framed it.
Select^ CommjUfiS^ $,	
Mr. Coaker denounced
ponents of thc Bill in om
most  forceful    speeches
the op-
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are always welcomed.
BOSTON', Feb. 19—Clear skies and
[rising temeraturo with a light wind
working around Into the southwest
promised some relief today from
eonulllons which causes such suffer'
Ing afloat and ashore in New Eng-'
Iftpnd over the week-end. On the coast
the most serious mishap was the en-'
forced abandonment of the New Bedford owned five masted schooner;
Santlno, bound trom Norfolk for Boston, with coal. When she sprang a'
leak anil began to link aboutf40 j
miles south ot Nantucket Lightship
ber crew of twelve were picked up
by the steamer Egrcmont. which pro-:
ceeded wlih them for New York. |
The steamer Coyote, bound trom
Norfolk for New Bedford with coal.l
got Into difficulties tn Buzzard's Bay.'
She touched bottom at the west end ot
Outtyhunk Island, freed herself somo jj
time later, but was found to be leak- (
Ing and was taken In tow by tugs f-
from New Bedford which early today i
were trying to work her Into port.        £
A number ot schooners, tugs am. (
barges were still fast In the Ice to-]£
day In Vineyard and Nantucket {.
Sounds. Ort thc Maine coast some of )
thc Ice-bound islands had been re-*
stored to communication wkh thr' V
mainland through the efforts of t
coastguard cutter Ossfpec, which yes-'®
terday forced her way through
several Penobscot Bay Islands, carry-,;
ing a physician  to one.  removing a
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LASGIE ALSO
BACKS PROGRESS
(Special to The .Advocate)
LASCIE, March 3.—Men of La
Scie stand firm behind Coakcr anc
back the present Government. The
Travelling Delegate, Mr. 'Boone
arrived here yesterday at noon,
accompanied by Air. kowsell, from
Rattling Brook- At 2.30 a big
public meeting was held in the
Orange Hall. Mr. Boone gave an
inspiring address, outlining thc
needs of the country. The audi
ence was so encouraged with the
subject that the meeting was the
most enthusiastic gathering ever
held in LaScie.
At the close of the public meeting Mr. Boone called a Union
meeting, which was largely represented. He addressed the Coun-
i a very able manner; before
closing would like to say that
" ' in men and non-Union men
convinced that Coaker and
Squires cannot fail in the coming
election because of their interest
the common people ajid their ii
dustrial policy for the country. I
representative can  depend    upon'
the loyalty of all.
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John Foster, Kenneth Foster,
John Parsons, Frank Churchill,
Arthur Boone, Wm. Swyers, Sr.,
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(Special to The Advocate)
TILT COVE, March X—Messrs.
Boone and Jones arrived here
yesterday enroute for LaSde.
| Both are feeling in fine fettle.
I Held meeting at Shoe Cove last
night* Mr. Jones arrived | hcre
again to-day on return trip South.
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