The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1904-10-02

5dcnce OF the workingman appears to be
very mich less marked than in the
limited States, as one labor leader In
England remarked, the Pullman porter
in America is a free man. while the
English waiter is a slave.
Freedom Of Opinion.
In no country-not even in England
do he working classes possess the same
opportunities for voicing their ideas aud
ideals as In the United States. Iii our
country most OF the trad unions pub
slish Journals, supplemented by scores Of
other labor papers, while many OF the
great city dailies are distinctly friendly
to the ficausc Sof nnionism and devote
ma ny. columns to Dor news. In Eng
land, on the other hand. the larger news
papers devote scarcely any space to the
doing OF the workingn1en or their repre-.
&scnta tives, and boil, In that country and
or the Continent there seems to be a.
dearth OF inteligently directed appeals
Z to the working classes. q
e In some respects however, the con >
.dition OF the working classes In Europe
Is very much superior to- that OF their
brethren in America. Both In England
and to a still greater extent on the
Continent regard Is manifested for the
safety Of the workingmen and there Is
less Of that reckless spirit in which the
lives OF thousands OF American workncn
are sacrificed toathe profits Of the en-
.ployer. The number OF accidents to
employees upon American railways is Very
much greater-both absolutely and rela- a
3tively-than lin any country OF Europe.
The number OF miners killed Or perma- 8
.l,ently injured is far greater in2the United
States than In England I'D or upon the
Continent. ana in practically all@other
industries the death rate from accidents
is less than in the United States. More
over. In Europe, the injured and disabled
wcrkmen and the widows OF the work
men killed are not thrown aside TO
become a burden upon the community.
made by some system OF insurance to
guard them against unnerlted misery.
Also. In many countries provision Is made
for the insurance OF the workingmnns
against illness old age and sinvalidity. IN j
most cases OF the countries OF Continental
Europe he can look forward to the pay
ment OF a definite pension In case 9, o.
ness, he Is unable to work longer. In
Europe. as In America, however, there
Is practically no provision galnst unem-
ployment. except lin so arEns this rs
furnished by the out of work dement's OF
trade unions. In this matter the OLD
es Ia blsnet British unions are tar In ad-
vance Of the American orga mutations, and
moro protection Is afforded the English
workingman than is given tho American
laborer.
Problems Like Ours.
In many respects the European work
1ngman is Obliged to meet the same
problems as are met by the American
working-S,n, and to encounter the same
difficulties. AS In America. the work
.inGman III Europe has been com PEELED
to struggle for the Limitation Of the
hours OF labor Of women and OF children
ana for the prohibition OF night HWork
for women. He has also sought to OBJ
tain the passage OF laws regulating the
health of the workmen and the yentila-
ton and sanitation OF mines. mills and
factories. In England these regulations
.appear to be more minute and more frlgtd-
~ enforced than In any Of our a American
States, while In no pa It OF Western Eli
rope is there such an utter absence Of
Southern States. AS In America, the
sweating trade exists In London, Paris,
Berlin. and practically III the large
towns Of Europe, The difficulty OF regu-
lating home industry has been met only
partially there, as III tho United States,
and In Europe, as In the United States.
there are hundreds Of thousands OF men,
women and children condemned to work
at starvation wages under unspeakahly
conditions. 33 Il
Much Labor Wasted.
perhaps the most salient fact about
labor In Europe is Its ineffectlveness and
the extent to which It Is wasted. In al
most every trade tho OUTPUT Per worker
is very much less than in the United
States, n Tie worksnen do not appear to
labor with the same nervous Intensity
as In this country, This Is true Of Eng.
land, and still 7nora true ofshepmany,
France and Relgium. Thsre seems to ibe
A. much greater slndisposition upon the
pa IT OF both employers and workmenAto
and to adopt new methods of work. al
though IN Germany, there Is an eysy-