Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1903-01-03
PEN PICTURES OF A RICH COAL
REGION LARGELY WORKED
BY WOMEN.


the country roads There are more
than 100000 saloons IN Belgium and It
Is said that one person In every 80 of
the whole population Is employed IN
selling Intoxicating drinks.
Many of the workmen get drunk on
Saturday and lay on over Monday.
Similar conditions prevail in England,
where drunkenness Is. IL anything,
worse than here
ACKNOWLEDGEMENT.
W oi''NlN "MEN AssOCiAlloN0'
There are number Of W0rklngmens
associations In Belgium. The men have
thelr trades unions and their cO-oper1-
tive societies. There is one kind Of
organization, known as "Mutualiues'
which has over htty thousand members.
There are societies ion mutual help so
formed that tho members support poch
other In times of trouble. providing
medical attendance and other such
things.
Many OF The societies are protected
hy the government and 90 some the
state gives subsidies, increasing their
FUNDS Ion medical attendance and sup
port In time of sickness The govern
ment now has pensions for such work.
ms men of over siNty-nye who need
them, and also associations which in
sure the lives Of working men az low
rates.
Belgium has q ministry OF industry
anu labor which has 20 do with matters
relating TO w0rkingmeu, and there is
also what is known os the superior
labor interestg and prepare measures
feeulatlhs them Tor presentation 70
Parliament nus 'uunch rs coliI Vs'N
Oh sixteen WoIhhlen' tlNltIl l'''''1.",
turtis ana sixteen aeien',s's; At 20
sald 10 ne OF BieFl Nalue 10 iauo' ''
terSsls' ..,.,. ....,....
Ihc governments are peuullhHs NY
ahd more 4alrlhal lil n'alE y. ivy
european countries lnSl aIc t'N''i3
NE pia,e OF ialner 10 wy pg"I'g o" W.
uylhs 10 psHeIl Ethl III ,ai".S -
ways IN helaiuhl wy al'lv ia ',',i,,
ca uMelihbs lol WI h'Ilhi'ei' ~ 49,
locahllps' anu hbs aIIallssu ~ f r..
lhey can pug tutIn On VusS W. i'' ',t,,'.i.
heipHls tne iarnllns lu''ieS'9 ~ $50
OF agriculture anu thIousn US l"elly ,, 1"
felNice is reducing lIelBi''s uno i''S'',
latlns the hl"INellns. 'os -.
OF lle pgS,al aiIA''sSinc','s ~ 49,.
ANA ana pIunCt' NAyiVuS w ~
can oNpleSs IVY buous 70 y, "a
lnioupn lile .Na, to,n.tS; w., -, sast
gum tie cover ni,eet nas Pu, W. ~
lialhS lor hnsla,.u loi w tr,la ana
daliy prouucts' II i9rl'ilnt'e wy tair.
IL seems 10 pe un Wv ou''O'"
the pIpuuclls ULYSSES
nm ppptIIvn or EUROPE
am surprised at the enormous man
| ufacturing INDUSTRY OF beleluh lne
country is a very beehive OF work. II
has ABOUT 100000 people, ana tully
1iC Gao Of them are at work making
something to sell. The factories are
as thick as In the black country OF
england. and the land teens with
/ house industry. There are about 20
900 workshops which employ on the
average only three hands EACH ana an
enormous amount OF cotton and linen
| cloth Is woven at home.
on the eastern edge OF me beigl aoa
coal field is Liege, which mas l'pVOV
| people, and which was punt up oul OF
manufactures OF iron ~ - tle sue
| ueld OF the country HaNl"s n"'t ~ ~,
| titles oil irearhls ior nullo usu a'iu -
| port. II mas 5V'VOV WorkHnei, Nnp nam nan
nothing but guns ana HioSS Vi ,ne wv,
| work at lheif own Monies ny ,li', .S !.
| facturer furnishes lhe Ihhtei iul, 1nN ~
| Workmen take II nome anu illoNO
! different paris oi bul,' O"e H..
may be employed upon ioChs' a'9 49,
on barrels, getilns from wv +" \.
cents FOR ms WORN on eoVi sun, ..,,
, only recently tnat IhuCh ll"t H'''''