The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1899-07-16
THE FIELD OF
THE WORKINGMAN

ward organized labor during the Coeu
Acne miners strike. A memorial vii
De presented 10 the War Department
asking the removal OF General Merriam
ana demanding the fun rights Of citizen.
ship for union laborers.
A motcrman uses up more vitality ir
Few trips than a farmer does In a
| week ploughing. and il Is a serious
| problem to know whether he can Iona
endure the nervous strain. Electric and
CAME cars are a recent invention. We
| cannot yet foresee the physical injury
that would result from a long period OF
| service.-Proyidence Telegram.
The American Consul at Montevideo
says that very few dwelling houses in
| Uruguay are so built that a stove FOR
heating could have an outlet for its
smoke ana even for cooking stoves 1t u
customary to provide only a stovepipe
mole IN the wall. The American oil
stove, however, and tie regulation cook
stove from the United States are finding
"a market there, and in the future there
IS a prospect of increased sales. Tho
natives make a rude cook stove OF their
own, with water back. but it IS not
economical in the use Of fuel.
An English cotton manufacturing com.
pany in China. which has been in bust
| ness five yei,Ss and which was so pros
! porous during the first half OF 1898 that 1t
| declared dividend of 4 percent. had
| harder luck I'm the other six months and
| eventually regretted its action. IL ap-
pears that in Shanghai the market for
| raw cotton is manipulated by specuia-
I tors SO that at one time the price Will be
! from % 10 80 per cent higher than at
another without any similar fluctuation
I IN outside markets. lu order 20 put "a
stop TO such operations. the president Of
the company referred 90 proposes that a
cotton exchange be formed by legitimate
buyers.
A skilled mason or other skilled work
men to-day receives high wages simply
because OF the fights that unions have
made in the past. But for the sacrifices
made and the battles fought by labor
unionlsts. the wages Of to-day would be
unknown. A skilled workman who does
not support his union acts. OF course,
within his legal rights So does a citizen
who refuses 20 support his country I'm
time OF battle. But he cannot expect
admiration. nor can he expect TO be
happy. The labor union Is indeed &
trust, a great trust and OF the greatest
value 90 The people. Eventually 10 will
include in its ranks an working people.
which Will mean all the population. II
VIII control and regulate the other trusts
Tor the general good.-New York Eve
ming Journal
About 5000 employees were benefited
by the recent reduction in working hours
from ten 20 nine hours a day In the
brewerics OF Milwaukee. There was no
corresponding reduction in wages. and
the brewers thus lost 10000 hours Of
work IN a year that would otherwise
have been performed. The brewery
workmen, brewery teamsrers. nremen.
engineers, malsters and others have had
concessions granted but greater than
all the other concessions was that made
last week 10 the bottlers and machine
men. Both OF these classes OF employees
formerly worked ten hours day. but
now they work nine hours The b0ttiers
were receiving $50 "a day for ten hours
now they are paid $40 "a day for nine
hours. or at rate of f1.4 for ten hours.
an advance IN wages OF about 20 cents
a day. The machine boys. who keep the
bottling machines iu running order.
formerly received 81 day for ten hours
work. now they are 90 receive az the rate
of {lS a day for ten hours over 900 men
and boys are affected by these wages.