The sun., 1898-11-13
Pointed Paragraphs From Many
Lands-.-Items of Interest From
All Crafts.

Hops are raised in sixteen States.
London is to have a trolley road.
Venezuela hasn't an electric road.
Italy has eleven electric railways.
Glass church bells are. announced.
Bordeaux has ordered electric cabs.
Tennessee has 1877 varieties OF wood.
United States has $1,000 acres Of hops.
Glasgow is to have a municipal tele-
phone. H.. - '"'- -
A Peoria (IH; stove firm uses the
union label. -@tt',t
In France the ,pawnshops are run by
the Government. .
New York striking bill posters are paid
Sl.OO day By Unionists.
London, Can, street car workers de-
mand 1928 ceits per hour.
Wilmington, DEL, printers will ask
the Legislature to place the union label
on all State printing.
The initiation fee charged by the New
York Employing, Marble Manufacturers
Association, is $500.
Plumbers struck at Chicago and
Rochester, at the latter place for the dis
charge of non-union man.
Mayor McKisson, Of Cleveland, o., de-
clares that the street railway companies
can make money by carrying passengers
for cents.'@s
Manchester, England, boilermakers
and iron shipbuilders have had their
wages increased Is cents per week, and
12 cents will be added on January /.
Cleveland unionists have removed the
boycott from the baseball club. 1t was
effective, and unionists will be employed
hereafter wlleff work on the grounds is
needed. >,
1t is reported>hy the New York Gid
ers Union that all of the union gilders
are busy, and that competent men are
now in demand. The union is in flour
ishing condition, in spite of the fact that
the Amalgamated Society of Painters and
Decorators has made strong fight to
force the gilders to join their society.
The memorandum prepared by the
English Labor Department Of the Board
OF Trade states that employment in Sep
tember remained generally good, most of
the important industries continuing to
be well employed. In the III trade
unions making. returns, with an aggre-
gate membership of 467, ,075, l2,027 or 2.G
per cent. were reported as unemployed
at the end Of September, compared with
2.3 per cent in August and A per cent.
IN the ll3 unions, with a membership of
462, ,292, from which returns were received
for September 1897
In BreSlau, Germany, dyrrs get from
81. s. to $i.7G a week. Railroad engineers
earn SS.33 to 81 80 week; sWtchmen,
S3.51 to $500; conductor, $3.57 to $500;
fremen, S5.47 to $IGl; brakemcn, $3,557
to $5.47, Printing establishments
Editor, $0O4 to S22.s4 photographers,
s3.57 to $l4 .2S; reporters, $4.7G 10 1888;
printers, $622 to $7.l4; typesetters, S4.7G
to S5.95; bookbinders (men), S2Sl to
SOL; bookbinders (girls) J, Sl.19to S2.3S
pasteboard makers (male), S3.57 to SIPS
pasteboard makers (ieInalt), $l.l9 tc
S2.3S; cutters, $2.3S to $2.Sl.
France heads the li2t in the c0nsump.
tion of wheat, using 300,000,000 bushels
year, or 467 pounds to each inhabitant
Canada comes second. Japan using least
-twenty-two pounds per capita year
But in the use OF meats the difference
between the divers countries is bes
seen. The United States stands well a
the head of the list, consuming 900,
100000 pounds year. OF this meat o.,
900, 100000 pounds are beef, 100000,
900 POI k and 100000, 900 mutton. Grea
Britain comes second in meat consump
ton, avcrageing yearly 100 pounds t.
each person. Norway stands third il
per capita consumption.
The appeal taken by the Wilson Car
bide Company against the decision o
Police Magistrate Hall, Of Mcrl lton
Canada, retaining the company iron
operating its works on Sunday was dis
posed oi by Judge Senker The cas-
arose over the. Merriton Carbide Com
pany operating a portion OF its plant o
Sunday, January so last The prcsiden
OF tie company, Thomas H. Wilson, an
sixteen OF The employees we're summoned
charged with a~Niolati0n Il Of the Lord
Day Act The defense Of the cOnpan
was that the works were smelling work
and that the operation OF the plant wa
absolutely necessary. Magistrate Ha
decided against this contention, but il
tlict"d d nonrfnal fine.
The department stores are shown
the merits astronomical manageme1
and giving the people an inkling OF VIII;
can be accomplished by them when the
reach the stage where cooperative store
will be possible. In the near futu1
working people will undoubtedly clu
together and run their own store or SUI
ply department. The cumbersome an
wastcfnl plan OF a community OF, sa
1909, worKing people having a dozen ,
more stores with proprietors and clerl
idling around, waiting for custome
most Of the time, will be superseded by
general store. in charge OF a superb
tendcnt paid Il regular salary, with a
sistantS to suit the requirements OF ii
business 1t is not necessary that an
profit should be made out OF selling (
buying goods. What is wanted is
mart for fair exchange .-Railroad TEL
WHpher.
The conference between committees
the New York Chinese Laundrymep
Association and the United Laundr
mems Union to try and put an end
the cutthroat war that has been ragil
between the two organizations, was he
last week in the Joss House, at 1G Mo