Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1904-11-30

same regulations hold in mixing paints.
work In cellars as well as in factories using
electrical power. The bundesrath o. b.
decree. prohibit further unss..ablf occupa-
tons.
The Musicians Union of St. Louis. No.,
has placed drum corps under the ban, claim.
ing that they displace musicians.
Work commences In Germany at 6, Gao or
Z O'Clock In the morning, and usually stops
at the corresponding hour I'm the evening.
The workman has a quarter Of an hour for
breakfast. from an hour to an hour and
half at noon for dinner, and quarter of
an hour in the afternoon for tea. Some
times. and In some factories, the breakfast
period is not authorized and afternoon tea
Is omitted The average length Of the days
work Is ten hours. In the textile industry
1t may be ouarter<of an hour longer.
Japan has federation of labor. with al
most 3Oo.O00 members. according to Austrs-
nan labor papers. which go on to say that
TINS organization has been struggling for
improved conditions for the working class
IN Japan and Its efforts are being rewarded
Dy an enactment OF a factory law regulating
hours OF labor. age OF workers, etc. and
compelling employers to be considerable OF
'he heai.h ana safety Of their employees.
The telephone girls of Portland. Greg,
are on a strike for more pay. The mana
gers OF the company declined to yield TO
inexperienced hello girls.
The Chicago City Federation of Labor
and Walter Wellman the correspondent
are In a controversy. The federation
charges Mr.. Wellman with suppress ng
facts In connection with his writing up the
Colorado situation. They have adopted
resolutions calling upon him to make good
his charges that President Meyer of the
Western Federation Of Miners IL morally
responsible for all that has transpired.
MI Wellman replies that his charges have
already been made good to the satisfac-
ton OF nine-tenths of the people and
the press. Thus II Is going. Several letters
have been exchanged between the fedora
ton and Mr.. Wellman, and the end is not
yet
Before the adjournment of the trans
mississippi congress. which met I'm st.
Louis few days ago. the following reso-
luton on labor and capital was adopted:
We favor union labor and the combina-
ton of capital as the proper means to ad-
vance the public good, but we condemn
any act of combined labor or capital that
In any way abrtdges the natural rights of
man. We recommend the enforcement of
the Sherman act of 1890. and to that end
urge Congress to pass an amendment TO
that act, making II the duty OF the United
States district attorneys to prosecute all
unions of labor or capital wherever evil
dence making prima facie case of a
breach of the terms of the act are pre-
sented. And we recommend the appoint
ment of a special commission by Congress
to investigate the arbitration laws of New
zealand and other countries which may
have such laws"
Chicago Typographical Union has a plan
to provide members with books from the
public library The union supplies appli-
cants with an Endorsement bearing the seal
and the books are at once loaned While
the organization has TO bear any loss yet
experience in Chicago has proven that very
rarely does that happen. When IL does IL
is an easy matter to collect the amount
through the travelling card. As a matter
OF fact. the men who patronIze libraries
are careful Of books. With this system a
stranger member of the union is enabled to
secure the best of reading at the same
time spending his leisure moments i'm a
useful ma nner, without being embarrassed
by not having the Endorsement of a tax
payer reliable citizen.