The labor world. [volume] (Duluth, Minn.) 1896-current, 1903-01-10
PROGRESS OF LABOR

After all the sacrifice made by the
tin plate workers In order to enable
the tin plate trust to secure the rebate'|
trade of the United States, the beef
trust has decided to get into the tin
plate business on its own account. The
Armour co. has purchased a sheet
mill at Waukesha, Wis, and will in
stall a tin plate department at once.
The cut proposed by the tin plate trust
to the workers last summer was to
secure the work Of the Standard OIL
Co. and the big Chicago packers, who
are the largest consumers Of tin plate
in the world. Each of these great COM
bines had been threatening to put up
tin mills Of their. own unless specially
favored by the tin plate trust. In Or
der to head off such competition, as
the big packers would undoubtedly sell
their surplus on the market at any
price, the tin plate trust proposed to
give them tin plate for less than they
could afford to manufacture 1t. In Or
der to do this it was necessary to cut
the wages of the workers and the rs
per cent reduction was proposed. At
ter the men presented the counter pro-
position and agreed to a general re-
duction of per cent for the rebate
trade, it was supposed the move OF the
big consumers was ended. But the lat
est developments show that the tin
plate workers were buncoed.
A dispatch from York, Neb. says: L.
E. McCann, laboring man, has pat
ented an attachment to a harvester
which draws bound bundles of grain
together and when there are just bun
dies enough to make a good shock Of
grain, drops the grain shocks on the
ground in such way that the bundles
stand up Of their own weight as close
together as if it were done by the har-
vest hand. Nearly all Of the large har-
vest manufacturers have investigated
Mr.. McCann's patent and they all
think that it will save the farmers of
the world millions Of dollars now paid
out for labor. The bundle carrier and
shocker looks like small platform
set on four wheels. Capitalists have
offered to form an organization with
large amount Of paid-up capital, and
to give Mr.. Mccain one-half interest,
in addition to a large amount Of cash.
In November the A. r. of l.. char
tered the Amalgamated Rubber Work.
ers' Union, a new national body, FL
city central bodies, 20 federal labor un-
ions, and 72 local trade unions having
no national. organizations. The An
drew Kimble Bent Wood Works,
il GAINESVILLE, O., was placed on the fair u
y list. Wagner leather o.,N 6tocktp pp !;
man ssalzS snleia H,.
ss&& sS.&& Co, san j 'rancisco nd d t1ea Santa
II: Rosa Tanning Co, Santa Rosa, Cal.
were placed on the unfair list. Z .
A new labor play, called 'The Unio1
Man." is to be started on the roat
from Chicago this month. The pla.
is intended to typify the trade organ
ization principle, and serves as ser
mon to awaken the public to the rea
intentions Of organized labor. A Chi
cago manager will put the play on tn
road Over so persons are employed IL
the cast, every one carrying carr
from some union.
Western and Southern labor paper
saw the American Labor Union official
have challenged Samuel Gompers t.
debate. Former offer to prove that tn
AL. U, is superior to the A. F. of I
as an organization.
Organized labor in Middletown, n
T., works nine and ten hours for from
$3.50 to $3.50 per day. unorganize
gets from 70 cents to $1.75 per day o
ten to fourteen hours. Figures talk.
Lumber workers in Olympia, Wash
were advanced 25 cents more on da
and given privilege to board Wher
thew pleased, virtually abolishing com
pany boarding houses.
The silver trust has gobbled $780,
600, 900 worth of silver mines In Mexico
And Mr.. Bryan is densely silent re
xarding this form of expansion.
A movement has been started D
western capitalists to form a. nat1ons
organization of non-union men for tn
puspose of protecting the right I
scab.
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