The labor world. [volume] (Duluth, Minn.) 1896-current, 1901-05-18

On December 81 81; IS 1928, there were 1856
employers associations, 2.261 working
mems, l76 mixed, and 1924 agricultural
associations, 2 total of 6,a2s, With ,os7,-
a13 members. = IT ! !. s:..: il; III
In France al forme ~ 81: erganlza ton
We're treated as illegal until 1884, when
a law was passed which conceded the
right to form trade syndicates or as
aoctatia4s eomposed Of persons belong,
Ing to the same trade or to allied
trades" having for their object the
inXestigation and protection Of econo-
mic interests in industry, commerce or
agriculture" and also federatlons Of
any regularly constituted organizations
Of this character. The trade societies.
Of France are constituted under this
law. -, T.: ~. ~: = ~; -.
The organizations authorized include
trades-unions and benefit societies
(whose members belong to the same or
allied trades, but the two classes are to
be kept distinct. A trade-union may
give out of it's funds assistance to in
diyidual members IN distress, e. s.,
through, sickness, but only as an act
Of grace, no one being entitled tied ,to claim
such relief as a right. II workman
wishes to acquire the right to receive
benefits Of this nature he must join a
friendly society formed for the purpose
of providing such benefits, and organ
lied as separate body.
It is satisfactory to note that the
number Of trades-uniops more than
doubled in the period 1&90-1S97. In 1890
there were 1,Oos unions, with ..l3e, 692
members; at the beginning Of 1899 the
figures are as above given:
49,. =. :: GERMANY. ..~
There are, it is reported, four kinds Of
trades- unions in the German empire.
There is the Christian SOCIAL Trade IN
ion, Established in 1896 on a religious
basis, the membership consisting main
" Of miners and textile workers. It has
over -100e,oo0 members. The Hirsch-
bunker trades-nnions were established
in 1865. the first Of, their, kind in Ger
manK and patterned after the English
unions: Fine latest figures give mem
bership Of -9e, eee:- Fhese-unions;; ~oppos--
ed "a socialism. eompsall exerx new mem
hcr 10 sign Z dec!!aration thai be is n"g
4 Soeitlisl. Tbe social herne IA tic: UNI
ions .zate.~ divided int" two opposins
.a,nps So-tal!ed local. and central"
oi$ssllliiza tions: The locals have: 4 mem
bersnipS Of from 5000 to. $1,000: The
centra1s numbered 4SS.60r In 1898, as
against Qe.4so il 1897: f,.>*.;~%> $sv
81 The LATEST figures at my .disposas~sh
that the number of central fedora tons
ia thee ::ss4sial democrattllfe 'feaeratiQns at
lions Included e.57S branch societies, the
tottal nieap membershtp. bfins *494,742,
81 which la.4si: were females: The 81
declarations had a total income for
trades union purposes Of over $3.50. 900.
.Their. expenditures for trade. purposes
was OVER $500 900. The publication If
trade-union organs cost $4,000. The
funds in hand ~at~the" end of the year
were. $f;093.90g8: There is little doubt
that progress has been made more
marked Within the last two Years. -
With. OYER 6, 900 900 WQ4rk|men but 7QQ,-
QgQ> Rsl99ng to tradss7 UNIONS The sociii9l
aamQGFa :. Unions |4lli have }:a had :s|oW(
gl9Mth:- hnt snre qne, aRd It Isl s.. now q y
recognized BY the PARTY that hat nggganiiza- ::
tons on such g basis are Of great bene
fit to the Working CLASSES. Various
reasons are "ascribed~ for the compare
lively slow growth OF pnionism, some
attfbutlnE it to dabbling In politics BY
the nntons and of cts tina the
latter,had no: oppertHnity- foEr. extensive
deVel onlnent owipg 10; the. trea tment a.
cor9ed the: WORKING peopllfe, by the. stats:
The latter seems, to he the II true reason.
The INCREASE of wages, the shortenins
Of hours Of work, the abolition: Of Sun:
doy york. legal pEQtsction = and th?
spread Of education Il are d due IN in large
measure IA tbs union at the workers
f.: VIII, be e. seen that ipe- their aims I'D
pYrpqses the trAqss=N!lliefps af Germany
do not differ esssntttaaIllIy from ours. 49,,
Apart from the polftical Sircumserib-
ing IF the psopls tbs Atatss, by soeial r.
people,: THE courtsof arbitrattons have
b sen st grsat 4alns, Thsse courts settl'
many Questions between masters AND
men. i ."sl~ j ->"r";:-'t y
From 2 rep9rt On strikes and 1ockopts
sstaat;istisal roffiee at Berlin. it is gath
knat WE .hbHHkka ~
terminated ,j in 1S s Mas l'3ll Q;2SSs
strikes ana q (tQ!ekpYtsl, the total MIN
Der Of persons affected by these dis
ptttss bfths lls,4af llnetndins II, 40 :.ls..
directly lRsata1l. In the printing 1n,1
allied trader there were thirteen dl1.
pAtee. .eGsas.ag ~ eleelA E!}A g:
6peet 20 the iaSthod6 81 which dispute.
vera AdtuateA~ Il, ~ stated that t122 at,.etf
settled by direct arrangement between
those concerned, 206 through the inter:
ventioHof trade organizsttiense or I BY
mediation, and fifty-five before the I'm,
dastf!al court 4 etffnK - boards Of con:
ciliation. J n AZ: \; :": ;**r ..::.4 ..*::. ) "
> s'*> .HothAAsp': ~ ~:
In thrifty little Holland rades-unioR.
isTe holds tts:oWh. In q recent report
by the Netherlands central statistical
commission mention Is made Of 66S so;
@ctenes Of workifenf conrp posed OF ore 'and
t9f :s@S tfsaS esSSP Ps: Bsfs r.
depreciation, as in this report it is PIP:
piled to- aIl ASSOCIATIONS Of one trad
and not TO those only which aim al
promoting the trade Interests of mem:
bers~~ 1n printing and Apaper making
there a fEEe a. unions, ,Hhe largest of tn:
federaTions is that the diamond
7 worLorC ~ E0O X nrI, horc1 AHho "a rpau