The St. Louis Republic. [volume] (St. Louis, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1903-12-05
ECONOMICS AND BOOKS OF
PRACTICAL INFORMATION.

PRACTICAL INFORMATION.
A book replete with information which
should possess considerable interest for
the business world. is Getting q Liv-
ing: the Problem Of Wealth and Poverty
OF Profits. Wages and Trade Unionism."
written by George L. Bolen. who Is the
author of plain Facts as to the Trusts
and the Tariff" The book gives a con-
nected and somewhat comprehensive view
Of the many economic divisions of the
great problems of labor and living. 1t is
less a scholarly view than an exposition
of the scholarly view; the author acting
rather as interpreter than philosopher
and propounder: and this. added to the
fact that it is nonpartisan. commends 1t
TO the general public. 1t discusses in SIM
pie and easy manner the questions of rent
and land ownership. interest. the employer
and his profits, cooperative industry.
profit sharing. what makes the rate OF
wages: trade unions. their origin and his
tory; the necessity for trade unionism;
strikes lockouts and boycotts; question:
able policies Of trade unions. learning
trade. higher wages from higher prices,
have wage workers obtained their share?
the promise of the future for wage work
ers. the shorter work day. irregularity Of
employment, wage earning by women, the
public's part in uplifting wage earners,
labor laws. the injunction in labor dis
putes. workinsmens insurance and pen
sions the poor and the unemployed. low
wages and vice. trade rnionism and the
the man with, the hoe. prison Ia
t1toxl nd
combination and liberty. The
text is accompanied by copious references
and a complete index. Published by the
Bolles's Money, Banking and Finance"
the best banking practice Of the
day. and adds discussion Of the legal
rules applicable thereto. The work IL de-
signed to fill a place between treatises on
he methods of bank bookkeeping and !
works on the theory and history of money |
and banking. Published by the American
Book Company.
Charles Bright tells 1.-THE Story of the |
Atlantic Cable" In these days when the |
Of wireless telegraphy sys-
TENS for submarine telegraph is a sub
|ect Of comment and speculation 1t may be
we'll to reflect for a moment upon the evo-
luton Of the old and existing methods
which at length achieved the result we
now enjoy-a practical commercial tele-
graphic system between all the nations Of
he world, and notably between Britain
and America. Mr.. Bright, F. R. 8. n. A.
". Inst. c. E. NJ. 1. e. e.. Is the author
II several engineering works. including
Submarine Telesraphs." Science and
During the Victorian Era"
The Evolution Of the Electric Telegraph,
87-1Ss7," THE Life Story Of Sir Charles
rilston Bright" The book under review
$ published by the Appletons
An elaborate exposition Of 1.-THE Theory
Il Advertising is performed by Walter
Dill Scott. Phi. D.. director of the psyche
ogical laboratory Of Northwestern Uni
'ersity. It IL psychological and techni-
al treatise. dealing with such topics as
association of ideas. suggestion,
he direct command, perception, appercep-
ion. illusion. ETC.. and with the practical
pplication Of several theories of adver
Isins. 1t is illustrated by cuts taken from
urrent publications and cannot fail to
interest the advertising public. Published
y Small, Maynard & Co.
"A Practical Treatise Of the Steel
square and Its Application in Everyday
Jse." BY Fred T. Hodgson. Two vols
,hicago: T. ]. Drake & Co.. 1903: 16mo.
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il not too much to say that a carpenter
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