The Stourbridge Observer, Cradley Heath, Halesowen & District Chronicle.
Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1887-02-19 00:00:00

AN AIfERICAN EXHIBITION IN GItRAIANY.

The Americans are certainly pushing their claims
in every market where there is tie laast chance for
a sale of their sp-cial manufactures. We shall
have an exhibition of American products here this
year, and an announcement just a, pears that
arran:;etrients have been made to hold an exhibit on
of American produets at Mannh,iiii in the autumn.
Illustrations of life in America will also be
pr sented, and exhibition is especially intended to
show what Gerinans have done to promote culture
and business enter rise in the United Solt s. The
eummitteo having the matter in chaige compost-d
of The leading citizens of Mannheim, The exhibition
which, it is hoped. will bet ome permanent, vt ill be
called "The Central Museum of Am, ri'mn
Pro muds." The number of novelqes whiem are
constantly .sent across the Atlantic reach a consider-
able total, and their production is, no doubt, 1 agely
due to the foreign skill which is being drawn to the
United States. a fact duly acknowlEriged by the
Âme i a is, wl; candidly own their indebtelness to
foreio intell. nee, whtch finds a welcome home in
their countr At the tame time, we cannot under-
stand how t American people, who must feel the
check itnposA upon their export trade by foreign
tariffs, and who are desirous of developing that
trade, are still so muchlin favour of protection at
home, some extremists (such as the Bulletin cf the
American Iron Steel Association) even asking
Oliver Twist like, for "more."
Iron

"Although I was not able to rise from a sitting
positton without the aid of o!lair," writes M. I.
Clark, of 21, South Island Plac.?, Brixton E ad,
London, "1 was able to stand and walk arter the
application of St. Jacobs Orl." To attempt to
strengthen this rem.,rkablis testimony by coo:tryout
would be usele:s. It stands out bold and strong
in the convincing words descriptive of the actual
fact. Mr. Clark was a terrible sufftrer from
lumbago acd sciatica. Ask for St, Jacobs Oil at
your nearest chemist, and if he is out of it, send
2s. 9d. to The Charles A. Vogeler Company, 45,
Farringdon Road, London, and the Oil will be for-
warded by return parcels poet.

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MEETING, 01? IRONWO RKERS AT BRIERLEY
HILL.

On Mon, lay a large meeting of ironwork-ors was
held at Bririey fill for the purpose of taking, into
coasideration the comparative stet neat i•sued by
the employers and the proposed aboltion of "extra."
SJITI3 twelve or thir;een works were represented at
the meeting. An Ironworker, who presided, eon-
deinnA the statement issued, and stated that as far
the Shropshire district was concerned it was untrna,
and with regard to the other districts he doubted
whether it was to be reliel upon A pod deal of
discussion took place with regard to the new method
of working recently put into oper,tion at the Hart's
Hill Works, and the matter was argued pro, and
con. by the men, so(ne contending that it was for
the sole benefit of the masters, but oth rs holding
that it was for the benefit of the men as well, inas-
much as the method of toolleying, instead of the
iroa having to be draggA
,to the hammer, greatly
eased the puddler, and that the diminut 0.1 of labour
compensated for the reduction of fid per ton made
in consequAice of the new meth.) J. It appeared
that the men hal tried the new' system fir a month,
but had refused to continue wo king it. It wcs
stated that the firm simply wished to assimilate the
method of work to that in operatioa at the other
works belonging to the firm, A letter which had
been sent by Messrs. Higley, of the firm, to Mr.
Capper, was read, and this statA that they had
yieideii to pay 7s 3d all round, including scrap balls
and "nobbling." The firm were hot willing to
revert to the cid system. The c .anged method was
no profit to them, but the gain was in the better
method of working. The men were taking a course
which might force the firm to abandon the works.
They did not want to do that, and had striven to
carry them on at a sacrifice while their other places
were doing half work.
Mr. Capper, in addressing the meeting advised
the men at Hart's Hill to return to work, As to
the question of the comparative statement, he ar•
gued that to attempt to assimilate the change in
regard to the general question of "extras," without
ascertaining the condition of labour Would be most
unjust, and was inclined to think that the matter
would be abandoned. _ _ _

As regarded the Hart's Hill dispute it was decideJ
that a meeting of the men employed at the three
works belonging to the fi •ni should be held to con-
sider the matter with a view to an amicable ar-
rangement being c ,me to.
The meeting NVIB also addressed on the question
of "extras" by Mr. Piggott (West Bromwich), and
the following resolution was unanimously carried :
" fhat this meeting recommend the operative section
of the Wages Board to instruct the, operative score-
try to g,ve the necessary notice for a reconsidera•
tion of the wage 3 question with a view to obtaining
an advance." Tue meeting also recoturneded that
Mr. Capper be allowed a six month,' holiday.