Juniata sentinel and Republican. [volume] (Mifflintown, Juniata County, Pa.) 1873-1955, 1899-10-11
Industrial.

America makes 1000. 100000 cigars
yearly. 90
q week.
New York city is to pay unskilled la
borers 81 a dav.
London annually consumes 10000 tons
Of imported meat.
Danish lighthouses are supplied with
oil to pump on the waves during
storm.
In the United States 390. 900 cubic feet
of pine is used annually in making
matches.
Germany manufactures 70 per cent. Of
the worlds production Of coal-tar col
Ors.
Arcola, ILL.,, with a population Of less
than 5000, leads the world in the broom
corn industry.
The government Of Uruguay is about
to expend SIS, 900 900 on harbor improve
ments at Montevideo.
In France advertising posters must
bear revenue stamps varying in value
according to the size Of the poster.
At Tacoma tinsmiths and men skilled
in regular tin and sheet iron work are
hard to get and are getting $3.50 a
day.
The City Council of Akron. O., re-
Gently passed an ordinance requiring
the union plumbers label to be afhxed
on all city work.
German production Of pig iron in the
first half Of the current year was 1000
300 tons, against $500. 900 in the same
time in 1898.
While in Washington women are In
iisfavor as Government employees. they
are increasing in number In the British
civil service.
West Virginia has become the first
State for oil and lumber. the second for
coke, and third for coal. 1t has 36
railroads projected. eight Of which are
under construction.
The authorities in Algeria gave $4,000
toward fighting the grasshoppers. In
one section 5000 camels were employed
to carry. the material for burning over
the place where eggs had been de-
posted.
The Compania General of Manila. the
largest cigar-making concern In the
world, EMPLOYS 10000 hands, and turns
cigarettes and nearly 5000 tons OF cut
tobacco.
The National Association Of Master
Bakers has placed itself on record In
the most emphatic manner In favor OF
pure food legislation and the regulation
of bakers in the interest OF perfect
cleanliness and sanitation.
Hereafter bells that can be heard a
distance Of 500 feet must be attached
| to all private scavenger wagons IN
Chicago, and these bells must be rung
continuously while the wagons are In
service, which may be between sunset
and sunrise.
The machine shops Of the Northern
Pacific Railroad are compelled to run
half q day overtime every other night
| in some departments in order to eaten
| up. All the engines of the railroad
company are in service.
i|Ehere are $50, 600 men In the world
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making an annual -cstch Of s225 worth
If fish for each man. The fsheries OF
the United States supply 800 200 pounds
annually. and those Of Europe 1,S00, 900
pounds.
In the shipbuilding and engineering
trades Of Belfast, Ireland. 270 out of
5000 members Of the union are en-
rleyed; in the linen trades. 60 out Of
l012: buisAinI trades. 43 out of 21Ss:
furnishipg and wool-ygQrking tse6eaE .
I oux 68 -: printing tradeo, u out 0f ~.
miscellaneous. 36 out Of 1854.
At Tacoma while in some lines the
supply Of skilled labor IL equal to the
ployers complain Of lack Of help and
could employ more men II the right
kind offered. Men employed on scrap
| ers and graders on the streets are PAID
$1.75 a day. while men in positions re-
quiring somewhat harder work get ):
day. Skilled artisans, such as car
penters for finishing work, get from
s2.25 to 50 a day, Machinists' wages
run from $2.25 to $3.50. depending large
iy upon the ability Of the man and tbs
nature Of the work.
The machinery moulders Of Pittsbure
have decided to ask the manufacturer
for an advance in wages Of at least ter
per cent. and the establishment of 6
minimum wage rate Of not less thar
s2.75 per day. The attendance num-
bered over 800. representing every ma
chine moulding shop in the city ant
almost 1000 skilled mechanics. The
moulders have made no demand for 6
, wage advance since 1889, when they
won their fight after a short strike
Since that time wages have gone up
and down. and all semblance Of uni
formity has been obliterated. Some
of the shops are paying as high as 5;
a day. while others pay 40 to so cents
| less