The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1908-07-05
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scale. and il is said 10 be a revelation 70
department heads. Il IS declared that
not only is work at the Government
Printing Office done as cheapIy as that
al private plants, but that Uncle Sans
big printery can underbid any other in
stitutiOn in ;he country.
The Cuban census reports is under
stood TO be a big job. and a strenuous
fight viii be made for it. II would give
work 70 hundreds OF Washington men.
The Trades Unionist. Washlngton'B
labor paper, viii contLaue business.
Many members OF organized labor nave
been perJurbed over the stories 10 the
effect that the paper was in a receivers
hands, but this perturbation is superfiu-
Gus.
Permission has been granted BY the
District courts for the old rnanagement
10 continue with the paper. and for a
withdrawal Of the voluntary bank
ruptcy proceedings New capital has
come in. and the paper Will be advanced
along more liberal lines than ever be-
fore The receiyership viii also bs
withdrawn this week, and the old man
agement will be given full latitude
Prof Charles Richmond Henderson,
Of the University Of Chicago in a recent
address before the GermanIstic Society
on what America Has 10 Learn From
the German Social Policy" declared
that the Germans, whose leadership IN
the realm OF pure science Is acknowI-
edged universally, have not been behind
other nations in the practical applica-
ton OF science 10 the problems Of mod
ern society.
'sThe Germans early recognized the
increased danger and hardship for the
labOrer and his family. Occasioned BY
the old regime Of unrestricted COmpeti-
ton. under the transition TO an age OF
machinery and Of large capitalistic en-
terprise." he said Acting upon this
knowledge. they have devised the relief
afforded by d piOneeS social policy that
is a pattern FOR all nations
This policy has been rendered efh-
cient by legal measures that make the
group responsible for the safety and
aim is 10 create and sustain a com
Elunity sense Of responsibility 10 the
individual worker and 70 treat him as
q human being, not as a mere thing
Prominent among the various means
used by the Germans for reaching this
end IS Industrial insurance This has
taken the Shs Pc Of Insurance against
illness accident and diSa biliCy or old
purpose are the restriction OF work en-
dangering the life or morals OF children
the exclusion or married women or
mothers Of families from work in fac
tories and other similar protection 10
children and motherhood.
As an expression Of appreciation for
their faithful service and courtesy 70
! the travelling public, checks amounting
10 800 were mailed 20 1-l53 cOnduc-
tors and 2.6I1 pOTters by the Pullman
Company In each case the check was
equivalent 20 one months pagan
average Of about $40 4o-and in the en-
velope was a letter OF thanks TO the
emplOye from the company
All OF the false work and a part of
the iron work on asClevaland city bridge
being constructed D. nOn-Union men was
wrecked BY dynamite Much damage
also was done 10 factory walls and win
dows in the immediate vicinity This
is the fifth attempt that has been made
here since January l 70 wreck bridges
being constructed by nOn-uniOn men
The Louisville and Nashville RaiIroa q
Company has announced a general re-
ductiOn Of forces in the machine shons
along its lines Many men were dropped
from the shops at Mobile Pensacola
Montgomery. Birmingham, and Decatur.
F. Officials Of the company say that the
reduction is due 20 a marked falling
OF In business