Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1902-12-13
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THE "ToNHALLE" A CHARACTERISTIC

cents q day, but there are very few
| who reach as high as 81 for day
| Of IL hours. The normal Swiss work
| ing day is II hours. and wages range
| from 80 cents upward. There are many
| HANDS in the silk factories who do not
get more than this and some who get
less. The wages are low in the EN-
broidery mills and also In those weav-
ing cotton although in the latter much
OF the work Is done by piece, ana
skilled employees make what are here
considered fair wages.
LABoRERs ORGANIZATIONS.
And still the worklngmen in Switzer
land have their organizations. There
| are workingmen's societies nearly
everywhere. The government has pass
| ed factory laws. and few years ago
| II was found that there We're 1000 rae
| tories under these laws; they employed
| 200 900 men. Many OF the cantons have
| their own labor regulations. In some
| there are labor bureaus and tchnical
| schools. The workingmen combine to-
| gether to further their own interests,
| and they have succeeded In getting leg
| islation by appealing to the Swiss con-
| gress. Az Il IL now the railway com
| panies are liable to damages from men
| seriously hurt while In their employ.
| and II man is injured In factory the
owner of the factory can be made t.
!. pay as much as six times the amount
| Of his yearly earnings, or maximum
! of 81, 200.
HOW SWISS WOMEN WORK.
Some OF the saddest scenes here are
| the women at work, They perform all
| kinds of labor, and have seen many
| gray-haired dame with the swea
|, streaming down her wrinkles. You SEE
| girls pitching and raking nay anp
| spadlng and hoeing in the fields. You
see them going over the roads with
| great loads on their backs, ana In the
| Alps you may meet them toiling along
with baskets full of manure strapped
| to them. The manure comes from the
| barns and is being carried up 10 BE-
| spread over the pastures on the sides OF
| the hills. have seen women pushing
carts. harnessed up with dogs, and
frequently see them saving wood IN the
streets. Another sight Of more mod
ern type Is Swiss girl riding an Amer
lean moving machine, pulled by two
cows, for indeed, cows are also worked,
and for labor there Is no distinction OF
sex either bovine or human. The COWS
arr worked in most parts Of Switzer-
land. They are sometimes harnessed
up with oxen. and | frequently see
COW and a horse pulling along side by
side.
Returning 10 the women Of Switzer.
land, they are used very largely as
clerks In the stores Some have govern
ment Offices and you find them acting
as cashiers In the cafes and restaurants.
They are as good In a business way as
their French sisters, and. like the
French women. are among the thriftiest
OF their sex
THE SWISS MARKETS.
The most of the marketing Of Swift
zerland II done by the women. IN Bern
the markets are in the STREETS. The
women bring In their vegetables, their
butter and cheese and other wares and
peddle them out from stands on the
sidewalk. In Basel they push the goods
into town In little wagons like baby
carriages and In Bern you frequently
see dog cart roing from door TO door.
the woman hucksters now pulling with
tin dogs and now stopping 10 peddle
milk or vegetables 10 the houses. IL Is
with these dogs that they bring their
wares In from the country, the dog TAX
Ing the part OF the horse.
The purchasers IN the markets are
also women. Every Swiss housewife
does her own buying. She comes out
early and picks out the things for her
self stopped before one woman who
was buying some butter Of a white
capped female butter seller. The but.