Wheeling Sunday register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1882-1934, 1900-11-04
THE WORLD OF LABOR.

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| Cincinnati tailors won their strike.
| Shanghai has eight cotton mills.
| South Carolina has a State Fedora
ton of LABOR.
| The German printers union label is
given to eight-hour Offices only.
1t is estimated that Andrew Car
negie's income is $68, 130.18 day.
| The florists in London gather in
from customers about $4,000 day on
cut flowers.
The stogie makers of Pittsburg have
made a demand for an increase Of Is
cents a thousand.
| Brewers union No. of Newark,
gives the union hatters of that city the
credit Of unionizing a former nom
union brewery of that place.
The high price of coal has so raised
the price of paper that the printers
and editors of Russia assembled in
| congress have resolved to increase the
price of their newspapers.
In England during the past few
years, it is claimed, 40, 1920 farm labor
ers have been displaced by machin-
cry, while the making of the latter, it
is asserted, required only the labor OF
| 1900 men for one year.
| A plan is on foot to show In various
German cities, beginning with Berlin
the German exhibit at the Paris ex
position. This will give those chance
| to see section of the exposition who
| could not go to Paris,
| Cincinnati members of the Trunk
and Bag Workers Union have adopted
a unique plan of pushing their label.
| They have selected the travelling sales
men and theatrical people as those
| most largely using their wares, and
are trying by personal solicitation to
induce them to demand trunks bear
| ing the union labeE
The photographers of this country
and Europe would be in sore straits
| were it not for the invention of alu-
minum, for the Bayarian stone, which
was used exclusively until few years
| ago for photographic purposes, has late
| ly shown that deterioration in quality
which is the surest indication of an
exhaustion of the supply.
| Victoria, Australia, has built seven To-
cal railways on the cooperative prin-
ciple. TIL railways were estimated for
| by contract at G547 ,90S, but by work
| ing the cooperative principle they
were completed for G251 ,211.
In New York city thirty German
| trades unions have united to establish
| a law enforcement bureau in charge of
a paid secretary, whose duty it will be
| to investigate and push all claims of
members for unpaid wages, violation of
the labor laws, damages for injuries,
| etc.
The National Tobacco Workers
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union label from all manufacturers of
tobacco who employ children under
sixteen years of age in their factories.
Those who are now entitled to the label
| will be given until May /, 1901, to sub
stitute older employees.
The iron works will be modelled
after big cooperative stove factory
in Guise, France, which is owned by
1000 workingmen. Near this factory
is the 'Familistere" or family hotel,
where the 1000 workingmen and their
families live. Surrounding the Fam
ilistere' are beautifully laid out gar
dens
Claude Ferdinand, president of the
Board of Directors of the Industrial
brotherhood, yesterday announced
established in Paterson, n. j., as a
first step in the plan of the brother
hood to replace the present indus
trial system by system of co-opera-
tive production.
The cotton crop of this country
amounted to only 100000 pounds in
1913; last year it was about five bill
lion five hundred million pounds. rep
resenting three-fourths of the entire
crop of the world, and valued at $780,
100000. 1t filled 100000 bales. and
the loss by waste incidental to the
process of taking samples was not less
than $7,000.0OO.
The Brooklyn Central Labor Union
mas fixed November q as the date of
It's annual dinner, which will be held
at the Labor Lyceum in Willoughby
avenue. Among those who are ex-
pected to speak at the dinner are Rev.
rather Ducey, Comptroller Bird s
Coier, Robert Fulton Cutting, James
b. reynolds and Ben Hanford. the So
clal Democratic candidate for Gov
ernor.
Retail merchants all over the coun-
try are protesting against the passage
OF the parcel post bill, which is now
pending in Congress. The small deal
ers are of the opinion that ii will be
great benefit to the big department
stores in large cities, as they will he
able to send heavy articles through
the mails at nominal cost Several
OF the State organizations of retail
merchants have already sent in pro-
tests.
AT the next convention of the Ameri
can Federation of Labor an effort will
be made to confne representation to
the national and international trade
unions and to exclude delegates from
local-control organizations of various
trades. 1t is claimed that under the
present lsystem several trades. besides
being represented by their own dele
gates, gain extra representation
through the seating of delegates from
lccal-cont.ol bodies who belong TO
their local unions
President Samuel Gompers of the
American Federation of Labor. has
declared against the proposition for
compulsory arbitration of labor dis
putes which N.be presented to the
Federation at its\ convention in De-
cember. CompulsoA arbitration. he