Western news-Democrat. (Valentine, Neb.) 1898-1900, 1898-10-06

The yearly output of cigars from the
Philippines is 14O,00O,0O0.
The cheapest bread in England is
worth ~ cents pound loaf.
There is more machinery made in
Philadelphia than any other city in the
country.
British publishers last year put on
the market 6,573 new books, of which
2,677 We're novels.
Washington Cd. c. Central Labor
Union appointed committee to look
after union soldiers families
The man who establishes a branch
Of the International Brotherhood of
Blacksmiths is paid SO.
The cotton crop is the largest single
export in this country-nearly $780,
100000 annually. The next largest is
wheat.
Alabama's latest industrial enterprise
is a $1,O00,000 steel mill. 1t is to be
erected by capital that comes from out
side of the state.
The Baldwin Locomotive Works re-
Gently shipped forty locomotives for the
Chinese Eastern railway, and twenty
five more are being built at the works
for the same road.
The Bethlehem Iron company, South
Bethlehem, Pa, has been asked to bid
on the forgings for the engine and
shafting of torpedo boat to be built
in Japan for the Imperial Japanese
navy.
plant for the manufacture of Port
land cement from furnace Stag is be-
ing erected by the Clinton Iron and
Steel company of Pittsburg, adjoining
their furnace. The buildings and ma
chinery will cost $150OOO.
One of the largest blooming mills in
the country is to be erected at Lorain,
o., and Pittsburg manufacturers will
furnish the plant. 1t is to be built by
the Lorain Steel company, and will be
erected as soon as possible
The largest establishment for the
manufacture of felt in America, and
the most modern in the world, is now
nearing completion in Chicago, Ill. 1t
will be run as one of the departments
Of Armour & Co. for the purpose of
utilizing important by-products.
Organized labor in France is in a
flourishing condition. According to the
last report of the French Labor Depart
ment, there are 2,253 trade and labor
unions, with a membership of 422, TT.
Forty-nine municipalities have boards
of arbitration and mediation and intel
ligence Offices, which are maintained
by the government, the municipalities
and the labor unions
The exposition of 1900 at Paris is
having good effect on the working
men Of the whole country. The city
refugees for laborers, which are usually
crowded during the summer months,
have received great thinning out, as
everybody seems to be working at
something for the exposition, and the
free one-night lodging houses are hav-
ing an unusual rest. From all reports
it seems that every man who is willing
and able to work can find employment,
is he is honest and Industrious.
Eighty girls employed in the Diamond
Match Company's works at Oshkosh
walked out in a body after an hours
notice. The fumes arising from the
sulphur is extremely injurious to the
health of the employees. 1t is said to be
very bad for the teeth, and when even
the slightest cavity occurs in tooth,
unless it is attended to at once, the |
whole jaw will be seriously affected. |
The dentists bills and loss Of time in
consequence of caring for the teeth |
make a great item in the yearly finances
of the strikers. The average wages Of |
the girls was from 1926 to 1915 a
week.