The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1898-11-27


Women sailors boz Finland.
Montana hasn't paper mill
Russia has cooperative societies
shanghai. China. has ten cotton mills.
Butte Mont. hasn't n1n-union clerk.
Italy Vineyards aggregate S.D0oO0l
acres
Marion. Ind. hasn't a non-union cigar
factory.
England has 5000 union boot and shoe
operatives.
ON the Bowery. New York, a shave
costs cents hair cut. >.
At the Strozzi Palace in Rome. there
U.s. "a book made Of marble. the leaves bee
ing Of marvellous thiuness.
Boys have been substituted for men ON
Nashville street ears. The boys earn So
per week. men were paid $40.
The journal Of the United Mine Work
ers Association 81 now being printed in
two ianguagcs-E English and Siavonian.
The dials ON the Philadelphia City Han
clock win Doe % feet i'm diameter. IL is 10
be a monster clock. run by electricity or
hydraulic power. and will run other
clocks throughout The building. The
clock will require winding only once "a
month. 10 viii cost $4,000
The Amaleamated Association OF Street
Railway Employees of America call upon
the coming conven lon of the American
Federation of Labor. to be held in Kan
sas city i'm December. to adopt a iinan-
cial policy that Will guarantee To every
affiliated organization I'm contest Tor
shorter hours and better conditions. etc.
at least ten cents per week from each
member anilated with the American Fed
GRAFTON OF Labor.
Minnesota. North Dakota and South
Dakota have produced this year crops
the value of which g. estimated 90 be
worth $4,000 600 The three States have
raised 200000.0O0 bushels of wheat CO.,
0Oo0 bushels of corn 90O0.O0O bushels oi
oats and several million bushels OF BAR
/. lev. fax. potatoes. large crop oi nay
and several million dollars worm OF
hogs. cattle and horses.
Labor is prior 10 and independent al
capital Capital is only the fruit of Ia
Dor and could never have existed it la
Dor had not first existed. Labor IS the
superior of capital and deserves much
the higher consideration. SO men
living are more worthy go BE trusted
than those who toll mp from poverty,
none less inclined 20 take or touch aught
they have not honestly earned.-Abrahan
Lincoln.
English cooperative societies have their
OWN special newspaper and their own
Annual and they have also some forty
cor more monthly and other publications.
one Of which circulates 10 the extent OF
$4,000 per month. the general news
paper 5000 per week. and another ~.
900 monthly. Then the co-0perators have
libraries and reading roms in connection
with "a large number OF their stores. and
"a committee of education which arranges
for classes and lectures.
Thanks 90 uniOuism. every piece of work
done for the city of London has this stip-
ulatl0n. That trades union price shall
govern all wages paid. Nearly all work
is done directly by the city; they select
receives only the same wages nF fnr
others. the city looking 10 him as security
for the class of work done The lowest
bid from contractors for a sewer in York
road London was $4,000. The city did
the work for itself for $4,000, and paid
81 - per day when the contractors paid
Slg5 for similar work. IL is claimed 90
nave been better than was done under
the contract system.