Wheeling Sunday register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1882-1934, 1901-01-27

States where laDor is needed
An ordinance recently adopted in
Cincinnati provides that new tene-
ments shall have a bath room for each
suite Of rooms having separate hall
way and that remOdolled tenements
shall have one bathroom for each
three rooms.
Members Of the hatters' union pay
one per cent of their weekly earnings
as dues, one-half Of which goes to pay
expenses of the national organization
and the other half into a defense fund
to be used In cases of strikes and lock-
outs.
A veritable quick luncheon" it is
said, is to be had at a restaurant in
Paris. where a dinner of several
courses composed of concentrated food
in the form Of tablets can be consumed
in few miutes. The entire meal, in
deed can be carried about in the vest
pocket or pOcketbOOk.
Recent decisions of the United States
Supreme Court concerning trade
marks and labels afford encouragement
to promoters OF the union label. Any
infringement of the label or any at
tempt to issue an imitation calculated
to deceive will be a transgressiOn Of
the law as laid down by the high court.
Unions who do not use union bread
at New York balls will be suspended
from the Central Federation Union.
Delegate Kelly. of the Theatrical Me-
chanics Association, defined the union
musician as a man who makes union
men pay So for an evenings work, but
who was willing to work for any one
else for half that amount
The building trades unions in Brook
lyn have started a movement to kill
off Iivalries between unions by an
agreement to adopt the same rate Of
wages and to recognize each others
union cards. The First National Tn
ion of Plasrerers with a membership
of 1900 and the Italian Plain and Or
namentaI Plasterers' Union, with a
membership of 700, have Joined hands
Manufacturers of Great Britain
claim that one reason for their loss Of
foreign markets is the fact that la
Dor organizations set a limit upon
the amount Of work members shall do
in day. thus making the cost of
manufactured articles more than in
any other country. Workingmen aver
! that the old rogy-methods of the
manufacturers has more 70 do with
the matter than anything else.
Paper wood is as hard as wood it
self. is susceptible of brilliant treat
ment, is vastly lighter. perfectly ad-
Unstable and absolutely f1reproof. The
erection Of skyscrapers necessitated a
very serious study of fireproOf ma
terlal5, and the fire proOfing treatment
OF wood and the result is that PAPER
is coming very largely into use in all
! cases where woodwork has to be used
1t is particularly adaptable for cell
ings and is coming into such popular
, ity for that purpose
Peter Curran, fraternal delegate to
/ the American Federation of Labor
from the British trades Union Con
gress. previous to his departure for
/ England. made an interesting compar-
| ison between the British workingman
| and his Yankee brother. Wages. :
says Mr.. Curran. while higher in
America. scarcely go further than
, they do in England, as the cost of liv-
ing in England is considerably cheaper
than it is here, and the continuity of
! employment is much greater. Our
labor organizations in my Judgment
are better equipped. because OF the
| generous reserve funds with which
they, are supplied and which are an
| incalculable feature of strength 10 the
workingman. Strikes are less numer-
out in the old country. because strikes
| means much greater loss, to all con-
cerned. Public sentiment. which seems
an important factor in trade disputes.
over there appears in closer sympathy
with the struggles of labor than in the
United states. While the future may
force radical changes In the method OF
English production. see no reason to
| fear that the workingman will not be
! enabled by the power of his labor or
| ganization to weather any transition
period"
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