The Manchester journal. [volume] (Manchester, Vt.) 1861-current, 1906-11-01
LESSONS IN SOCIAL ECONOMY.
Erhltli al jamestown Exposition 10
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inc Conditions Of working
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This ekhibit viii show the develop
meat attained during three hundred
years along those lines. and will he
complete and comprehensive IN char
arier inienes, 10 the display Is siill
further enhanced by series o. daily
lectures h H. gissn ii 3 bail providcd
for THAI purpose. The leeiunes will bee
Illustrated with -tcnop;scon views and
moFing pictures. showing the various
phases II progress from the inception
10 the present development u this
branch Of work This feature will be
under The auspices Of the National
Ciyie Federation of New York, and the
American Civic Association.
The exhibit will show the develop
mcns IN municipal and rural improve
mcuis in the physical arrangement Of
cities and towns. the treatment Of
streets and parks, and the methods Of
sanitation aud drainage. II will also
include organized or individual efforts
made by employers for the benefit Of
employees; the establishment Of santa
ny work places, the means employed
for education. recreation and housing
Of the working classes, social settle
ments, childrcn's play grounds, public
baths, etc.
The section devoted 10 charities and
corrections will include au exhibit from
state and municipal institutions for the
care of detectives. dependents and de
linquents, showing the most efficient
methods employed for the protection
Of life and property against crime,
pauperism and disease.
An exhibit Of the regulations govern
ing labor and industry win consist
largely Of charts, photographs, printed
matter. maps, models and apparatus.
BY means OF series of statistical
charts will be shown the average rate
Of wages and the relative cost of living;
the efiec, Of strikes and lockouts, aud
the extent Of the employment of wo-
men and children, Material relating
To special movements and inyestiga.
tons and their results will be set forth
in graphic form,
A feature of especial human interest
will be the exhibit showing the devices
for safeguarding the lives and limbs
Of working men and women, and for
accidents under ordinary
conditions of life and labor, TO which
the general public is exposed. This
part of the display will be classified as
follows: Photographs, models, and
Of scaifolding; protective de-
vices for boilers, water gauges, signal
boiler and pipe valves; also
protective devices for electrical ma
nhinery and acetylene apparatus, motor
and power transmitters, turning on and
off power. belt connections,
etc. fire protection and pre-
yentive measures against premature
axplosions first aid 10 the injured;
mining and quarrying devices IN use
IN stone crushing machinery, methods
II storing explosives; safety devices
or looms, carding, paper cutting
stamping and moulding machinery;
appliances for elevators, hoists, etc.
yorkingmen's dwellings, dressing and |
living rooms, together with models,
,lans and photographs Of working
mems industrial betterment institu-
ions Of all kinds.
Another feature which cannot fail to
,roye interesting will be the exhibit of
he Philadelphia Commercial Museum
the development of the com
nerce of the United States from its
BEGINNING to the present period.