Oxford Democrat. [volume] (Paris, Me.) 1833-1933, 1891-07-14

For all young people In France under "a
year. of az, and all girls under u years
-utsiAy work Il forbidden.
The railroad rules % Switzerland oom-
pol all railroads Ia allow st leAs, ons holi-
lay In every thrcs weeks 20 railroad sm.
,loye-.
Childr,n In Germany between IL and 10
r.arS may H. employed for ten hours Per
isy In general manufactures and In spin
ming works Cor eleven hours.
The Italian law forbids children Of either
.sx a. work Ia manufsctories or mining
Who have Mt attained . year., and forbids
the samc frum underground work when
they have not attained 10 years.
In Austria thsr, Is a law governing the
maximum working houD zoe men. by
this law a man may not work Ia manu-.
fAetorie. or NJ trades more than eleven
hour daily. no, including r,sts
switsrrland's work day consists % eleven
hour.. ani on the eve u q holiday aud
-aturiay. only tea hours. lIc-ide- this,
working day l. to % considered a. l-tween
a m dn summer q M and sp m.
Switzerland prohibits entircly tho EN-
ployment ~ women for night ~ sunday
lalor. And furthermore prohibits any
,uch labor Ia the imm~liate vicinity OF
operating mo, 1rs or dangerous machinery.
Ia France tie law htes days labor at
twelve hour. \ dccr-. appssrs-i, others
.oon following. making exceptions for
many different mannfactores and allow.
ing lab1rrs In sams 10 work thirteen 10
iouucn hour, daily.
In Francc, for chiiir,n ts,s~.n u ami
10 ysan. % axe the Law regulate, the work.
Ing h0ur- by e'lucaii0n Tho-s of that
az With sufficient elementary sducation
may work twelve hours psr day; those
with not. siK hour. pr day.
In switIsrlanl sunday lalor Ia prohibit
s,l. but the bunde-ra,h makes exceptions
tnr tho-s establishment. that must bs Ia
OPERATION continuously; bat even In ths-s
establishments each labor.r must have
every other sunday frve At least.
Ia Germany SlndAy work l. no, only
Forbidden. but tie manufacturer cannot
oomIsl the laborrr to work on Sundays 90
holidays. Tbsriorr. q Contract to do sun.
iAy work Is void, aud lAborrr cannot 10
iischArgv,i for refusing to DO sunday work.
A law In Hungary forbid. the employ
ment of childvn under 10 year. In manu-.
factories. AID allows thos. lstwe,n 10 aud
y year. only by special permission of tho
trAale- authorities. and when the labor
would not interfere with their siisndAnos
II school
In mine. and quArries In France, vhsrs
there 4. underground work. boys under ID
year. and girls and women ot any az. are
iorbidten 90 work. BOYS t-tv-.n ~ and
/ iS year. may only work underground eight
hour Ter day. at light work with only an
hours rrst.
In Gr,ai britain the kesplng % Sunday
holy /. such . custom a. Ia make u un-
necessary to make other laws. for the
prot.ctsd pcrsOns-wOmsn and children
working ln manuiactores-tbey have, be-
.lde. the sundays and regular holidays,
eight half holiday. Ter year
The Hungarian working hour. are nrsd
by the tmsle. authorities al eight hOurs for
eLildrvn u ~ to IL years, ten hours for
Children u 10 "a ~ YEAR. Night aud sun
day work Il forbidden, a. are also tho-s
lniu.tris. dangerous 10 health or limts,
except by special pcrmission.
In the textile industrie. of Hungary the
laloring hour for women and ohildr.n
a,tween 10 and n year are from .ik TO
seven hours la the morning and from six
Ia zen hour In the afternoon, with two
houa ryst for meals, making altogether
ten So. -i1g hour rrr day.
In Switzerland shil'lren are prohibited
from isrdngiu until the oompletion
of t..s.. l...i Jesr. frOm IS to the end "
their iCth year they may t< employed. but
the time, incllding school OF religious In
.tructiOn whl,h they may at the sams time
bs taking. must not exoc~i eleven houn
daily.
Italian children bctwcsu and - may
only work at the various trades when thsy
bring a physician'l certificate showing
them physically capable % the labor and
the specified trade TO be their choice. In
unhealthy or dangerous work chlldrsn
under Is will have 10 obtain the royal PER
mission
France prohibits the employment OF chill
dren under " In factories, but makes sr.
oep,ions In favor IL the textile. glsss and
paper factories, but expressly states that
every advantage Ilust h. allowed the chill.
dren Ia visit school. and said children are
not to hs employed more than ten hours
daily.-st. Louis Glols-Democrat