The Kimball graphic. (Kimball, Brule County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1905, 1889-02-08
LABOR NOTES.

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The St. Paul dry-goods clerks have
gained another concession from their en-
ployers. Hereafter all dry-goods stores
in that city will close at $50 D. m. 1t
will be remembered that the st. Paul
shoe clerks secured the same privilege
some months ago.
A sanitary inspector, who has been
travelling through the large cities in Eu.
rope, reports that the homes of a major
ity of the workingmen whom he visited
are not fit to live in. The tenement
houses in all the cities are in fearful con.
dition and dirt and disease abound.
A Boston organization is attempting to
form self improvement clubs for work
ingmen. The clubs are Il meet two
evenings a week, and topics of all kinds
are to be studied and discussed with a
view to giving members an intelligent
understanding of the elements of litera.
ture, political economy, and general sci.
encc.
One of the preventable causes of dis.
eases of wo1kmen is the careless handling
of explosive and other dangerous chem
icals. In many eastern factories where
poisons are used the vessels containing
them bear labels with the name of the
poison and antidote for it. An effort
has been made by a New Jersey union to
enforce this practice by legislation.
At this session of the Wisconsin legis-
lature the question of hiring out convicts
by contract will be handled. Over 400
prisoners in the Jail at Waupun arc at
work at 80 cents per day for a Chicago
shoe firm. They manufacture 80, 600
pairs of shoes per year. The shop was
built by the state. The usual pay for this
work is about 1.50 per day. BY hiring
the prisoners the annual saving Is $780,.
O00 per year.
Baltimore Sun: ut is not enough that
the young should be taught that idleness
is a vice and a danger. that it is a fruit
full source of crime, that ii makes its vic.
tins unhappy or leads to their degrade.
ton; they should also be taught that in
industrious habits they may find a means
of Strengthening and identifying charac-
ter, of doing good to their fellow men.
and of promoting in the highest degree
their W welfare and happiness.
The Rev. DR.. Crafts of New York says
that the labor organizations of that city
are much more active in their efforts at
abolishing Sunday labor than are the
churches. DR.. Crafts has found an i'm
mense amount of Sunday labor in all the
large American cities. Il figure" he
says, that at least 4, 900, coo Of the work
crs of the United States are held to ser
vice on the Sabbath" The most active
agitation against Sunday labor at this
time is in the bakers trade, but it has not
yet met with the desired success.
Says an Oakland, Cal, writer in St.
Paul Globe: GAS to the stopping of Chi
nese immigration. 1t will never be lone
with the consent of the employing classes
on the Pacific coast. They are as much
welded 10 this peculiar institution" rs
ever the people of the south were to slav-
cry, and it will be equally as hard TO root
out. But so long as the moneyed
classes here want cheap Chinese labor,
just so long will it be q good state for the
poor man 10 stay away from The pos
sibilitiss of California are incalculable.
but it is fast falling into the same groove
in which the southern states were held SO
long by the iron heel of slavery"
An animated discussion has arisen in
certain labor societies as to the DISPOSE
ton which the w%orkingman ought to
make of his leisure hours. Interest in the
subject has recently seemed enhanced by
the publication of two volumes which
have an indirect bearing upon it-one by
Mr.. w. d. Howells and the other by Mr..
Walter Besant. The American writer
THINKS that what the workingman needs
after his day swork is rest. that he should
leave amusements to those whose en-
ergits are not overtaxed by long hours of
labor. Mr.. Besant on the other hand,
like John Ruskin, thinks that "thc man
who works is rs much entitled to life's
sunshine AS his indolent brother" and
advocates tie establishment of amuse-
ment resorts especially for working peo-
pie. 1t was with this view that Mr..
Besant founded the palace of Delight
in London.
The Troy Times says: "Ohicial horse
car etiquette in Germany is quite differ
ent from official horse car etiquette in
America. The German horse car con.
ductor is polite. When a passenger
boards or leaves the car the conductor
touches his hat aud says Good day."
When he collects a fare he attracts
the passengers attention by say
ing please" If on a nasty day or late
at night the passenger gives q tip of 1
cent, The conductor smiles broadly,
touches his hat and bows. You can take
a 2-cent, 3 ccnt or 5-cent ride. A Ger
man horse car conductor smiles good
nataredly at all the babies in the car,
chucks each one under the chin when he
collects the mothers fare, and holds a
guarding hand close to each little back
when the mother alights. His collar and
cuffs are clean. His uniform is never
ragged or greasy, nor are his boots UNI
BACKED"
Now that it is generally conceded that
the introduction of machinery neither de-
prives men of work and diminishes their
wages, the anti machinery faction has
raised the objection that the increasing
use of special machinery has a tendency
to dwarf the men mentally. For this
trouble the Safety Valve gives o remedy.
This dwaring of the mental faculties
it says, requires a counteracting influ
cree, which must, W.T. belive. come main.
ly through reading. We advocate any
thing that will enlarge and improve the
mental condition. In view of the above
we recommend that each establishment
have only the common rules posted, such
as relate to smoking, elevators, etc, and
that all details be printed in book form
and given to each person employed. This
book is to convey in the way of sugges.
tons what is expected. The ideal must
not be above the reach of any person in
the factory. The truth should be ad
vanced that the interests of employer and
emp Dyes are Identical
Got Used to 1t.
Detroit Free Press: 81 saw a telegraph
boy up stairs looking for you," he said to
a roomer in the Seitz building as they
met at the front door yesterday.
Have a message?'
yes"
"Boy have a uniform on?"
Yes"
Appear to be in the service of the