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24 Co. No man can serve two masters, and if they should come out and make that declaration, so far as I am con- cerned, it is a declaration of war, and I am ready any time for it, and every fellow that comes out to us and signs a contract with us, so long as the does his duty satisfactorily to us, and I am fair, they all know what that means, I will stand by him, and so will the company, M; E. B..A. or no. M:: E. BAS" NOTHING EVER BETTER PUT. "T never 'heard anything better or fairer than that," said A. A. Wright, of the Dominion Marine Association, "and I promise that it shall also be the policy of the Dominion merchant marine." On motion of C. W. Elphicke, sec- onded by Capt. John Mitchell, the as- sociation endorsed what Mr. Coulby had said. F. B. Smith, of the Pittsburgh Steam- ship Co., stated that he (believed fully 75 per cent of the engineers are in favor of the open shop policy. He said, however, that the Pittsburgh Steamship Co. had a list of those en- gineers who had turned their contracts in to the Marine Engineers' Beneficial Association. He added that the part of their contract remaining in the Pittsburgh Steamship Co.'s possession had been thrown into the waste-bas- ket. Mr. Goulder then read the new insurance agreement, which will be found published in full elsewhere in this issue. He thought it the greatest movement that had ever been project- ed on the lakes, saying that it shad been variously etimated that it would result in the saving of from $1,000,000 to $2,500,000 per annum. He thought that itt would also result in a reduc- tion of the premium, at any rate to 4, and possibly to 3, per cent. THE INSURANCE PLAN. J. S. Ashley, who thas 'been instru- "mental in bringing forward the plan, was complimented for his efforts. Mr. Ashley was quite modest about it, however, saying that the need of re- form was so urgent that all that was Neccesaty {0 . convince aman of ie etites "Of the = plan © was hey .te6)©6hlcek6 6Uinto: ot. ~~ He announced-that over 1,000,000 tons had signed, representing a monetary value of $60,000,000--over half the insurable tonnage of the lakes. This statement was greeted with great applause, as it assured the success of the venture. The first day's session was brought to a close by the appointment of How- ard .L. Shaw, Thomas Cranage, J. J. H.. Brown, W. B. Davock tnd H. S. "TAE Marine. REVIEW Wilkinson as a committee to nominate the officers for the association. The dinner Wednesday evening was the most elaborate the association thas. ever given and the most successful as well. It was past midnight before the speech-making came to an end. Pres- ident Livingstone acted as toastmaster, and the speakers included 'Capt. D. Sullivan, Capt J. J. Ho Brown, . H. Coulby, A. A. Wright, George Moody, Charles Kramer, Francis King, Major Charles Kellar, J. H. Sheadle, F. W. Gilchrist, Norman B. Conger and George M. Black. iA loving cup was presented to Capt. J. J. H. Brown, who recently passed his 7Oth birthday. THURSDAY MORNING'S SESSION. At Thursday morning's session, J. H. Sheadle brought up the question of the differential which obtains in the price of cargo coal and fuel coal. The coal shippers have always made a prac- tice of charging 10 cents per ton more for fuel. coal than for cargo, coal. There may have been some reason for this at some time, but whatever it was, it no longer obtains. The prac- tice has been to cut three cars from the railway train and dump them into the fuel hatch, charging 10 cents a ton more. for this coal than for the re- maining cars which were dumped into the cargo hold. This excess charge amounts to about $240,000 in an av- erage season. It is a form of perqui- site which the vessel owner has always resented but has never 'been able to remedy. Mr. Sheadle declared that business should be transacted on busi- ness lines and that the differential ought in common honesty be wiped out. He also thought that the unload- ing charge on iron ore was something that should be inquired into, believing it to ibe heavier than it should be. iH. S. Wilkinson made a very con- vincing 'talk on the differential. He had looked into the matter, he said, and thought it a practice that should be discontinued. G. A. Tomlinson and Mr. Wilkinson were with the presi- dent appointed a committee to visit the coal shippers and see what could be done. Resolutions were adopted urging the widening of the Livingstone channel, favoring the straightening of the chan- nel in the lower Detroit river, en- dorsing the vapor oil lamp, the acety- lene gas buoy, and earnestly urging a pension 'bill for life savers with a re- tiring list for old age. In urging that common justice tbe extended to this branch of the marine service by the government, President Livingstone be- ward Smith, IT. 1. Morford, J.C. By came quite eloquent. : that the charge of the Light Brigade at Balaklava displayed no greater hero. ism than is frequently displayed by tthe life savers in charging through the surf to rescue life beyond. The by-laws were amended to hold the annual meeting the third Thursday in January instead of the second, : Walton H. McGean, J. S. Ashley, F, W. Gilchrist and C. T. Douglass were added 'to the board of 'directors. The other members of the board are: Wm, Livingstone, C. Wi. Elphicke, D. Sulli- van, F. W. Smith, John E. Payne, Ed. ans, S. --f. Cranage. A: B. Wolvin, Coulby, W. H. Becker, G. A: Tomlin- son, W: A. Hawgood, J. H. Sheadle, John Mitchell, H. D. (Goulder, Edward Morton, H. S. Wilkinson and John Craig, The executive committee consists of Wm. Livingstone, J. H. Sheadle, H, Coulby, FF. W.-Gilchrist, -G.: A; Tome linson, T. T. Morford, Edward Smith and John Mitchell. The alternates for the members of the executive commit- tee are A. B. Wolvin, D. Sullivan, W. A. Hawgood, J. C. Evans, E. T. Doug- lass and J. S. Ashley. 'When the directors were ordered to retire to elect officers an unusual com- pliment was paid President Living- stone iby the association in open ses- sion directing the directors to re-elect him as president. There is no change in the officers. Mr. Livingstone con- tinues to be president, George Marr as - secretary, Capt. George -P, McKay as treasurer, Harvey D. Goulder as coun- sel. PRESIDENT LIVINGSTONE"S ANNUAL REPORT. President Livingstone's reports are annually growing in interest and their thorough-going qualities are much ap- preciated by the members. The pres- ent report is no exception. Obvious- ly its leading feature is a discussion of the welfare plan of the associa tion. He refers to the meeting of April 9, 1908, when it was resolved that the vessels of the - association should thereafter be operated upon the open shop principle. He adds: The members of the association and licensed officers were urged to co-operate in this action by obtaining their crews through the estab- lished shipping offices, and by insisting through- out that the men have absolutely fair treat ment, giving them so far as possible, watch and watch, and avoiding unnecessary work, such as scraping and painting on Sunday or working over the side of the vessel when under way. The effect of this action during the yeat just closed has been that the service aboard ship has been vastly improved, the standard of the employes has been materially elevated, and the executive officers of the ships have complete control of the properties with which they have been intrusted. President Livingstone then outlines fully the conditions which led to this