The Cambria freeman. [volume] (Ebensburg, Pa.) 1867-1938, 1891-03-20
EuRoPEs IAnna .


EuRoPE's LABOR LAWS
what Some Nafians rTav. r..
teot the working Ci....s 90 ir.
A great tradcs-uuion c,-r..
posed II delegates from ii. Fl.
or-alizatigns IN Great g-.t. ID. ~---
: Liverpool on the 1st Of Srr-..
WIS composed Of five huuGr-.
: including ton women, ana -r---
/ most Of the large trades Ul Tho r-......s
The principal act II tho cure-.
2 10 pass a resolution in fav.- d..
ing the time oI labCring 10 ,.-t..
day and Of making eight hons.
labor By act of Pariiamcrt rr.
uot passed. however. wltta.,
dca! oi strenuous opQositlea .r. tr..-.
of some II the older delegate 81.
Tho meeting OF this c1uy-.... .-.
great strikes wlicn arc lga
ing place IN almost ever. ..
country and region render ,fa..
OF what laws have been r--..H r-.
several nations regulatin- rr.
pacially interesting At this ..r-
The Youths Companion.
Thus far no European a.-.-
passed la~ limiting the gr.. ....
labor or adult male worIliu--...r
measures as have been pa .-.
the most part 70 the protect. hail..
i--.i7l If the labor OF womau Ida. .
dren, and the greater pa.t .t
ugasures have become law n.t..-.
p,.- fifteen years.
For instance, by a statute --...s.
the British Parliament in ISIS v..-.-
and children between fgg-,a.,
eighteen years OF age, who are er-,-..
in the textile factories are IL .--F y.
work only ten hours a DAY. C-r#--
under fourteen years can Ru1-. a.r-..
hour day. in other iud4s.-..s ,.-
spccfivg periods Of labor are .a,r.-..
o..r t-e figures stated by half az a...
Moreover no child under ten .e.-..,
age is permitted To work in aa Lr-..
factory al all, and all night work IS ~.
bidden to women, young girls and ..n
drcn.
IN France the limit Of age is a l.-.
narrower, fol in that country no -.9
less than tH ~. years old j. allowed g.
work in any 'actory. or other hard man.
ual employment, excepting that .5..
may 10 50 IL textile, glass and ua7-,
factories.
The French law, moreover. Girc-
from That Of most counties j. tha. Fl,
limits the hours Of labor ar,8ra.a- 20
the degree Of education o. the .a5gse-
Children between twelve and fourteen
years who have had 4 good elementary
education are allowed 70 work twelve
hours day; those who have not, oa.g
SIX. This is 10 enable the less Olle-.r5
To- attend school 4 part o: every a--
Tho French also forbid wOrl. Oa Sundays
and lights TO all boys under sixteen
year, and ali girls under tweuty-Ja1.
In viewing the steps taken ly lie
young German Emperor TO iEQrgy. ,ae
condition OF his laboring subjects. ;-s
present state Of the German labor laas
becomes interesting. Already loE!sa
tlon has done much, At least in tho -i-
rection OF protecting working women
and children.
German children under twelve yeas
OF are are forbidden 70 take work 81
factories and mines, and those between
twelve and fourteen are legally res-ric.
ed 70 SIX hours a day. Those between
fourteen and sixteen years old may
work ten hours day in most Of the IN
duatries, and at spinning el-v.n hours
Children arc not allowed 10 YORK Re
tween half-uaar eight O'Clock 80 nigh
and half-pa I've in the morning. nor %
Sundays. except in eases OF urgent 1e.
cessitv. to B.. determined lsE tlc Ea-l.s-
rath, or ufre. house o. i'-rliaucat.
i is uo.Cr.or,hv, however, that lie
German labor laws have as yg: done
little 20 protect W9Ikiug-W " ma
ture age. The principal law on t-., SUBJ
ject provides that the Bunde-rafa shall
have power 10 prohibit female I4h-- .a
certain industrics, or 20 restrict &, lg
regulations, and the same body may. Z
it sees fit, prohibit night work to a1g
special class.
Even dcspotic Russia has issued b.
crees which regulate the hours OF H1-z
Of women and children accordiur Gu t-e
exigencies Of particular ind a
Children under twelve years, wlr. -..7
eeaciGed exceptions -are nn- L----s-- q
work in Russian factories; those te,F7g-
twelve and fifteen years arc r.s--
10 eight hours daily, and may no' Ty-s
more than four hours coutlIu1-s.r
Children under seventeen year and
women are not allowed 20 work IN a-s-
sia in spinning or textile inLaar-.a5 q
night and the Russian law requires el'
plovcrs to pay attention % the eI-ra-.l l1
or their working people.
Similar regulations and restrictions %
those which have already been aa-
scribcd exist in Belgium, Spain, Aus
tria, Hungary. Holland, Italy, Norway
and Sweden. and Denmark. l. Wiz be
seen that there j. little or no ls-.s.a'
tion which restricts or impose r1n-'
tions upon the labor Of full-grown u11
but in many countries there are F--7r
ous agitations % extend the Limitations