Aberdeen herald. [volume] (Aberdeen, Chehalis County, W.T.) 1886-1917, 1902-10-30


Amsterdam. Holland, are out of work.
In wages alone $1OO,OOO,OOO Is an
nually expended by the United States
Steel corporation. better known as the
steel trust.
Mexican labor Is so scarce as to ne
cessitate sending for negroes from ia
maica. The latter are guaranteed en-
ployment for a year.
The laws Of Kansas provide that the
labor unions Of the State shall organ
lie a State society and select the La
Dor Commissioner, thus giving the un.
ions the privilege Of saying who shall
represent them in SO important a posi-.
ton.
Georgia fruit growers are claiming
that the peach crop Of their State
yields more money to the producers
than does the cotton crop. The area
devoted to fruit Is now large and these
assertions are likely to cause it to be
increased.
There Is one metal whose production
is always short Of the demand. This is
platinum. Nearly all Of it comes from
Russia and the annual world produc.
ton is about $1,000 ounces. South
America produces about 10000 ounces
and the United States, from mines in
Shasta County, California. about 1,4OO
ounces. 1t Is worth $21 IN ounce.
Forty invalid employees Of the Wa.
bash railroad were recently sent from
tho company's hospital at Peru, Ind,
to San Francisco. accompanied by
three trained nurses. 1t Is said to be
the purpose of the road, in case these EN-.
ployes are benefited by the trip to Cali.
fornia, to send invalid employees to the
coast every year in the future. The
railroad company pays all expenses Of
the trip.
Hoods "Song of the Shirt might
well be revived for the benefit of 1884
children under 16 years of age, who,
according to the last census returns,
are employed In making such articles
OF wear for men in the United States.
More than 5000 of these are employed
In factories. There are LAS employ.
ed in making women's skirts and SINH.
lar garments. Nearly 5000 are in the
stocking factories, and over 1900 in
the miscellaneous employments con.
nected with the production of ready.
made attire.
United States Consul Miller Mt New.
chwang, China. writing of opportuni.
ties to sell American agricultural ma.
chinery to the natives, tells this story:
For an immediate market 1t is neces-
sary to overcome the natural conserva-
tism Of the Chinese. About twenty
years ago an Englishman brought two
plOws here. He tried to sell them and
could not; he endeavored to give them
away. but no one would take them;
then he made an effort to get some one
to experiment with them, but he could
not even get man to hitch team to
one"
In England during the year 1900
there We're GAS strikes, 1858 strikers,
3,152,S64 days work lost in conse-
quence. In France the figures were:
9O2 strikers, 22,714 strikers, 3.76O,577
days work 'ost. In Italy there were
259 strikes. 43,194 strikers, 231. $3.50
days work lost, Or more than 100000
days work lost in the three countries
In single year. In England 30 per
cent of the strikes were successful, 25
were unsuccessful; in France % per
cent successful. q per cent were un-
SUCCESSFUL; in Italy "a per cent were
successful. 30 per cent unsuccessful.
The strikes not here accounted for
were compromised in one way or an
other.