The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1891-11-23

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Machinery misplace ors-hAee's Of
the Saturday Hsi' Ho"asS-Ise STRIKES
and Boyeotts OF the Year.
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me e's"n az a, Tho stoto Rntoau N
f. Peck Iator "a Tho most compIoto o,.
STATISTICS y. intarost,ng ofy,o,ol ,vort on tho
hsusu,e. " ,d oomn,ex oucetions com nriscd
numerous NV 20 tha nnh,;c Tha toh,.
In eve. ntn,os tho fol,owin..
OF contents 'oAns
agitation IN , ,u. $40 ~ T., ps,.un c,,m.
~ok'ns gay: s,a.,ns nnvom.n,. ea.ct o, tho ey,t.
On Immigration. on the working force aud on
the eight hour movement in the United States;
rns,n factory laws relative to the employment Of
women and children: factory system ana laws In Aus
tris, England. france, eerm"nE anu n"hAef
land; hours o. '" o.s.n,s.,or. r.nor.,ns rsInc.
pahoh,. 80" ,,m. dur,ro tho ve,r ism.
ZION o, ,.,o,m, ,ugqe,,ed by labor organization. or
.c,.,i laws MS to hours Of labor:
,rou.nce Of machinery and machine tools on labor;
and the use OF iaborsaring machinery
aud its effect on the trade the saturday nal, holiday
eject OF shorter nou's va $50 -. :, ,..,.s 49,.
tween wsses a"u ou,in.n, md ",r.., ami hnrco,t
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Tue vast "e'u VI iaoU' WV, ~. .,.n.N,n'.
Of interests ana oe.a,,. ""s oeeh
explored anu 'ne results y, WV ' n a..
s.us,vs form. and so systematically arranged
that the minueese uo,an may W "soei."'ncu ' ~
sance. although tho report covers nearly
..No pas.s o,ons ia dua tbe material
gain made by labor in the past fcw years. and
that is the mos. n0,en, T.
forms anu . asuee ~ ro,s ths innrny.S
s sna hsathfSi condition Of organized labor at
tho pressm. t'% IN Tho minds sud methods
ORGANIZED iauor 1s,initons IN cur,;nr III, ncr
nioious influence of the radical and impracti-
ccl aeitator and leader and RELOCATING him to
t the ssar Exrcriencc has taught tho Iaboring
and they have not been slow in proilting By
them. Their ACQUIRED wisdom and scli.son n.
the s' steady decrease 0, those acts of violence
which were an accompanyins feature Of the
strike several years ago. In the annual re-
ports Of the Bureau Of Labor ststistcs during
rast years. IN Wnc al iapor uistuf s, w.
in TINS are of
coming more ana more alstaste.u, IN inc
eut time they form rare exceptions to the gen
ersl rule e. ~, r;n.,n. oxno.,t,on ., ths ,mnor.
fSe i interesfs Of labor could be given than this
report furnishes It explains the absurdity, Of
in s and assume ass paternal functions and shows
concusiveIy that whatever effect may be pro-
dnced in the Held Of labor BY. legisl ative en-
o1oo ohpr ,fl ah pr ia m n IL
astion. The report says: THE history OF
The struggles Of labor in the past to
rights shows that organization alone brought
about every advanced step in the direction Of
eomb bssa only ort sr sst IT
Wages and reduction OF the hours OF labor.
with other benefits to labor. have been Sc
derful strides have been made in the direction
OF the sight: hour working day movement by
OF ORGANIZATION When directed toward single
object The question Of the eiGht-ho4r day
day day in the feld Of labor.
says has ta
, edged in ali Civilized Communities that ample
,proteetion to labor Is not only IN accordance
to The y We!I .being Of the Community. The fac
tory laws governing the hours and conditions
hXs e sSa 5 5a 70
totally disregarded in many OF the leading
establishments in the State before those laws
were enacted and put in active operation.
There is still considerable need Of the devel-
tective principles embodied in these laws:"
The report deals most exhaustively with the
eioht-hoilr day question. 1t says: 1.-The agi-
tafion Of this Question among working people
is mainly based upon the idea that the dis
tressful and irksome condition Of a large
amount OF enforced idleness among the labor
ing classes may be considerably removed. IL
not relieved BY adopting general short work
ing day. The problem to he solved is whether
the adoption 81 eight hours as the term Of a
ize the end IN View and equaiize wage earn
ings with. the enormous productive powers
placement Of skilled labor. According
10 the best information obtainable, about
one-fifth OF the population Of the United
States is constantly unemployed and so is do
pendent on the other four-fifths. AS. an
economic proposition it would seem that it Is
much better that ten mon should work for
than that eight men should WORK for ten hours
tSr the nor: producers still live BY insreassip Hg
hron oh aho l,y nd nf fha aiDht-