Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1903-04-11

rerIsht 1903 By, Frank g. carpen'
rp11N.-Is an American work.
IN man out of a job? If 50, he
HI nod better look for another
Ia a, home. AS far as | can learn,
IN ,ho labor market of Europe Is
|I oysrstocked. There are some
~ hing like a million Idle
gorkmen in England. The
:, oenters have many out OF
' .',oyment. and in London there are
n'% , narades Of the poor. There is
S' ,or extra workmen in France.
!, 's Germany is still in hard times
,ountry was on the boom for
% years It began 10 grow wheh
~ w, nald over her millions to Ger
H' factories and workshops then
~, nm all over the empire The
I'M ~. soeked from the farms to tins
~ ~, and the country changed from
Wy, ,.orl,pral to a manufacturing
Trade was pushed in every diree-
| a The towns grew and wages rose
| ~ state continued until about 1900
4. owing to over speculation, the
sron Of prosperity burst, the gas
4, came from It asphyxiated some OF
4, sapks and they failed, and factories
\ msr the empire began to shut down
y,.a fifteen days $4,000 men were dis
a,red In Berlin for lack of work;
"a me Industrial establishments all
I, Germany either dismissed cut
~, their forces or shortened the
wing hours, This condition Of hard
.,n still exists although things are
NM I'D in some branches, owing to
a increased demands from the Unit
|
tsates
| NJ guRoPE's BIGGEST ENGINE
WORKS.
have spent a large part Of this week
pne Of the most notable factories
germany. have gone through cleo
MI Establishments employing thou
wA Of hands, and have examined
rlig other works, those of the Bor-
o the biggest engine makers OF the
wdnent, having the place in Germany
| Al The Baldwins hold in the United
aia The most Of these factories
! q Ennlng with less than their usual
KrsF Of men, and some which pre-
ti 10 be full are giving short time.
he Borsig factory is one Of the most
urrous In Germany. 1t has a large
|itn trade. and II is somewhat ow-
p % this that It keeps its men busy.
sme Of the big engine works OF the
'ea although not as large as the
aagIns II builds on an average
ta four locomotives every week, and
ln already built more. than 5000,
Aee works are situated at Tegel,
y outside Berlin. They cover 30
fe and employ about $500 men. The
Enlistment has also mines and
Us 10 upper Sllesia, which employs
NhHds so that altogether the force
hATs one.
BELONGS TO ONE FAMILY.
as factory was founded over 60
Nlsso by A, Borsig. and it still be-
e % his sons. In the United States
you'd be run by a corporation
ssai but in Germany some OF the
~ o. such establishments. such as
Hslg and krupps, are owned In |
Waly' The two Borsigs who now
80 the works are each under 40. |
are active business men. and
81 lnelr lime IN the factory, know
sFnonally all that goes on. Indeed. /
aa that either of them could |
y n engine II he had to. met the |
~ member Of the firm. Mr.. Con- |
NJ. 99Hls during my stay at the |
~, ~ . s1a ne furnished me an English |
. look over them.
49, sSked together through the |
r ss'oaa acres OF buildings where the |
agnes are made, now stopping |
~ 49, 'he men in the foundries
r 49, fo'hot metal into the moulds. |
NJ, going through the rooms |
M we vast boilers are riveted to-
t.s There was noise like the
'~'u Oh many hammers which nj. \