Valentine Democrat. (Valentine, Neb.) 1900-1930, 1900-07-12

Treasury returns for twelve months
show that the United States has sold
to various countries $5,OOO,OOO OF Amer
ican-made locomotives.
Over 1000 men were thrown out OF
employment on account Of the closing
of the various departments Of Jones
& LaugbIin's steel mills at Pittsburg.
The Carpenters Union of Boston has
won higher wages and eight hours per
day for its members, who number close
onto 5000 The strike was Il short one.
only a few firms refusing to sign the
agreement.
Official labor statistics from New
Jersey show that union men work 53
hours per week and nonuniOn men 30.
The average daily wages of union men
is So. that of non-uniOn men $219-
Union men are idle IS days in each
year, non-union men 66 Ito days.
Wages for the year are 81 per cent
higher for the union men than for non
union men.
In New York State 910 persons were
killed and nearly 10000 crippled in
shops, factories and industrial pursuits
in the year 1899. In the war with
Spain go Americans were killed and
1857 wounded. Based on the figures
lhe total of killed and injured annu-
ally in industrial pursuits in the United
States would be nearly 10000 killed and
100000 injured.
School authorities of the State of
Washington have employed Seattle and
Tacoma Typographical Unions to pub
lish text books for the public schools.
The new system will furnish the first
example of school books bearing the
union label, as we'll as being Il home
product throughout Chicago school
authorities have been figuring on the
same question for some time.
Scarcity of coal in Europe enables
3ae United States to build up Il trade
s the commodity that will be of great
Importance in the near future. A
1riter declares the extraordinary DE-
snand for fuel is attributable to the C&ss
usual activity of the iron and steel trade
Of Europe Coal in England brings $40
a ton, with 5S cents per 100 chargeG
7or a poor grade in many localities.
The scarcity extends to France, Ger
snany, Austria, Belgium and Italy.
Working as test and under pressure
in an Eastern shoe factory, it required
a little more than sixteen minutes to
finish complete, from the time the
leather was placed in the hands of the
pair of high-grade womens
shoes. In a number of Chicago fac
tories this time has been reduced to
fifteen minutes or less. Recently pair
If the finest shoes was turned out in
traction over fourteen minutes after
he material was given to the worker,
md in addition the same was packed
n it's proper receptacle.
Shorter hours and higher wages are.
declared to be the substantial fruits Of
abor organization in England w. G.
'teadman, labor member of ParIia-
nent, said recently: "In twenty years
ye have reduced by ten hours a week
he hours of labor in England, while at
he same time increasing wages 20 per
ent. Nine hours a day is probably
cry near the average at this time. Men
mplOyed in the building trades receiver
etween 10d and lid an hour, engineers
2 week, shipwrights f2 IS a week,
lumbers Is an hour, printing trades
IS a week, coal miners 35s a week,
oOtmakers 35s a week, tailOrs in Lon
on between f3 and "a a week, tailors
l the provinces 36s a week, bakers
rom 2Ss to 35s a week. All these men
-ork between eight and nine hours q
ay."