The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1900-03-15
Tabor Notes.

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There are 100 explosive compounds.
At Cape Nome an egg costs . cents.
Siberia homes possess incandescent5
lights.
One-third Of Russia in Europe is forest
Copenhagen has a Servant Girls Union.
Elwood, Ind, is to have labor temple.
Wheeling printers struck for SO 1-3 cents
per hour.
Houston, Tex, plumbers struck for 81
for eight hours.
Tampa cigar manufacturers will es-
tablish a box factory.
After April 18th Richmond, N. T., paint
ers will receive $3.50 for eight hours.
To move an immense building contain
ing the executive offices CT the United
States Government in Cleveland, O.; and
weighing over 6O,OCO.OO0 pounds, without
so much as cracking the plaster, Is the
gigantic task that confronts the Cleve-
land Government authorities.
In the New York Legislature the Nc
!, MILAN bill, establishing 20 cents as the
minimum re- &c for unskilled labor on pub
lie work, was opposed by the Superin-
tendent of Public Works. on the ground
that it would be unwise for the State to
fix a uniform rate for such labor.
There is a special class of farm labor
ers IN Sweden who are given SO many
acres of land for their own use In consid-
Grafton for so many days labor during
the year for the owner of the farm. They
are a sort of fixture to an estate, and
their like exists in no other country.
There are 25O,OoO acres of hard bottom
oyster land in Long Island Sound, In the
territory of New York State, that can
be cultiva ted to advantage. There are
over 100 steamers in the business on Long
Island Sound and thousands of sailing
= u ~vvo
LEGO boats in New York State water.
Three visiting members of the Socialist
Trade and Labor Alliance We're ordered
to leave a meeting of the New York Cen
trail Federated Union, and one of them
was struck by an excited delegate as
the trio were escaping through the door
way from the storm of indigna ton raised
by the cigarmakers' report that the So
cialist Alliance was behind a cigar man
ufacturer to break the force of the
strike in his factory.
:Eenjan:in Hanford, of Typographical
Union No. 6, New York, and formerly
Socialist candidate for Governor, delivered
an address on Politics for Wage Earn
5crs.''I In 1890, he said, there were 15,GOO, <
coo of wage eacnerS in this country, and
100000 were voters. Now there were
100000 voters who belonged to trades
unions. In New York State there were
20o, 900 voting wage earners, and in New
York City the number was SC. co.,
James T. Smith, the Colorado Labor
Commissioner, has compiled some figures
from turns so far received on the cir
culars sent out to laboring men. OF 1850
blanks but 1853 have been returned. On
the statistics contained in these reports
several measures will doubles be based
at the next session Of the legislature.
( OF the answers returned els sponsors be-
longs to labor Organizations, and but
four failed to commit themselves. The
following are some of the questions with
the division on their espousal:
Arc you in favor OF national, State and
municipal ownership of public utilities.
railroads, telegraph, telephones, electric
light, water and gas plants, street-car
lines, etc? Yes 7G1, no Al.
Are you in favor of granting pensions
& to aged persons in want. broken down
and incapa citated for future labor through
service in the army or wage workers.?
Yes COB, no 1872.
Are you in favor Of a usuary law lin
Eiting5 the rate of interest to ter cent
per annum, with severe penalties for
its violation? Yes 62s no g., oppressed to
the recognition Of interest IL anyg.ma man:
2iners A.
81 Are you in favor of free public en1-ss
sployment agencies 2 + es 662, no Al.
Are syo.l in favor of an amendment to
the constitution of Colorado that. will
Permit the adoption Of the single. tax
T law? Yes. sos, no 1O7, undec ided, mans
Isl Would the esta blishment= Of bi-Week-#
sly my day be beneficial to you Yes
s 42ss,S no 21s, weekly pay days IS
Are you iii favor OF municipal owner
ship of coal yards. where coal will be
sold to consumers at cost4o product ton?
IS Yes 664. no Z
Would you favor the aboli ton gof the
5contract lsystem pom publ lc works ?#Yess
4 col, no 8 %.
IRE you in favor Of "a graduated tax
IS upon incomes and inheriances? Yes
s6t1..a M 81,
Fould restriction or suppression of im-5
nligra ton be he pfuls to ?Yes 464;; mo
e.yousin favors OF an eight-nour day
Iors az classes est blshed law?sYes
$617. no s.
ss youth IA orso OF the mi tiatlon and
the raferendum ?sYeas 10.
Are you 8ins faVOr5o StataaoWnershi OF
IL Goa mines 2sYnS ST.