The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1890-05-11
LABOR LEGISLATION.
The Emperor's Plans Are in the
Interest of Employers.
BISMARCK'S OPINION OF HIMSELF
He Still Thinks He is the Chief Power in Ger
many-The White Book on
East Africa.

BERLIN, May 10.-TCopyright, 1890, by
the New York Associated Press. THE
re1chstag, beginning active labors Monday
has six weeks work before proroguing
which has been fixed for June 20. Not
much will be heard of the measures for the
benefit of Workmen before adjournment
since the labor protection bill was issued
| Wednesday a close scrutiny reveals num-
Der OF riders to the main proposals tending
to make illusory the best provisions of the
measure by giving employers the means of
OF escaping them. Thus, under special
circumstances, employers can be author
lied to break the rule limiting the work of
children under thirteen years to six hours
and youths under sixteen to ten hours.
The bill mentions spinning factories and
similar occupations where exceptions may
be granted. Another clause transfers the
direct responsibility for a breach of the
laws from employers to managers or fore
men, thus opening way for evasions and
making men of straw answerable instead
OF the principals.
Inc proposals relating to breach of con-
tract are held by the F'reisinnige party
and the Socialists to be disguised attacks
upon the right of coalition leading to
Iarther powers for the suppression of
strikes. The opposition gathers force,
the SOCIALISTS declaring the supposed new
era OF labor reforms differs little from the
BlsInarcklan era, and that the bill will be
deception unless much modified This
spirit OF opposition promises a sequence of
irritation and debates before the house
can dispose of the labor bill Another
LABOR conference having influence in
moulding the final form of the bill will he
held here. The Emperor intends to sum
mon delegates from every trade in Ger
many to discuss trades questions and pur
poses to establish special permanent
operatives council, under the presi-
dency OF the minister of commerce.
Members of the council will be elected
from delegates to the conference. The pro
lect is obviously in the same line as the
labor schemes, aiming to give imperial con-
trol OF WorklnSmen, with purchase power
over salaried leaders Socialists like Vail
mar, Liebknecht and Bebel, who are i'm
pregnaDle money conservatives, will resent
the Emperor's offers.
The White Book on East Africa was is
sued to- day. 1t gives dispatch from
Major Wlssmann, stating that Emin
Pasha strongly desired to place his exper
lence at the disposal of the German ser
ylbe and suggests that his offer might be
placed before the Emperor and Bismarck.
Bismarck replied: "Emin's offer is vel
come" Wissmann thereupon arraa ged
the existing agreement with Emin. who
from ms drst contract with -WissInann has
been eager to escape from English infiu-
ence. The whole book describes the pro-
gress OF German.power until the capture of
Kilwa.
Bismarck during the week received sew
eral communications from the Emperor
couched IN friendly terms, but practically
suggesting that his retirement from office
should involve political inactivity. Barons
Huchter and Poschenger stayed two ,davs
at FREDERICKSBURG and left impressed with
the conviction that the ex-chancellor CON
sidered himself the most potent influence
in the empire, believing the Emperor ere
long will be obliged to recall MIN to extri.
cate the empire from the difficulties he
will have plunged it into. He freely ex
pressed his discomfort because the EN-
peror in his speech from the throne omitted
all reference to his dismissal.
The Fretssinninge Zeitung issgaining note
riety through its publication of scandals in
regard to Bismarck. 1t declares that a
medical specialist knows him to suffer
from alcoholism and not the morphine
habit. Bismarck's friends do not believe
the attacks and even his enemies are dis
gusted by them.
At Hamburg 10000 masons and carpen-
tiers are on strike and at Stoten !. 600
masons and carpenters are out. At
Cologne the brewers workmen have quit
work. The shoemakers demand a mini
mum OF twelve marks weekly, and work
ing day Of eleven hours At Leipsig en-
ployers have formed permanent union to
fight strikers. In Berlin the iron masters
and metallurgists have signed an agree
ment by which they bind themselves not
to employ strikers.