The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 18??-19??, 1909-08-31

people depuue, from MS statements,
seemed to be protesting against ex-
and those taxes bearing heavily on the
poor. He described to US. as had
been done before and since by others,
the difficulties of promoting leglsla-
ton for the people in Austria. He
could count eight languages spoken IN
different parts Of the empire, with
many dialects. The population is di-
vided by boundaries that signify diff
f~erences, not only an language, but in
race, history, and in cases, religion
and Industries. These n similar
facts, known to us Americans simply
by description, and seen at a great
distance, evidently are high as noun
tains to the imperial legislator rep
resenting part of a province.
Herr Haberman gave US the statis-
ties Of land ownership in Bohemia, the
story of Scotland over again, or worse.
A few hundred great land owners,
chiefly of the nobility tracing their
possessions to a feudal ancestry, w
vast areas; the number Of proprietor
farmers owning V acres or less form
a small percentage of the population
that gain a livelihood from agrlcul-
ture But he could not say that the
land question was at present really a
live one in the parliament. Both the
trade unions and his party in the
province were today greatly interested
ia gaining autonomy for Bohemia
The unons wanted an independent
existence for the people speaking the
Bohemian language, with, Of course,
~"treaties' with the other unions Of
Austria.
Before relating what really interest
ed us in Pilsen, I will say that, as all
visitors to the town are expected to
visit the big brewery, we were taken
! Nov NY MY hosts ypDraCanflnp the
trade unions. The "Burgliches
raueri is to the eye at a DISTANCE
a conglomeration of immense build
ings, high circular chimneys, big brick
water towers, covering many acres of
grounds. We were conducted for two
hours and more in and about the
works by a guide who, in a sonorous
voice, rolled off the s~tupendous stats
tics of the breWery'S beer production
with an air Of reverence for the fig
ureS in themselves and for the good
Gambrinus above them all. To tina
guide, the elimination Of all the
things in the world, mighty and good,
was beer. [ rather felt our time was
to a degree wasted in wandering down
into Subterranean malt rooms, thirty
acres in extent, and past malt houses
beer kegs as big as freight airs that
were being made or repaired, tested,
pitched a j filled. But, it being one
Of the great liquid facts of this earth,
we saw the show through. III crown
ing curiosity Of it all was, the original
vat Of the brewery, now battered n
time-Worn, set, as g sort of sanctified
relic. on a green hillock surrounded by
beds Of flowers duly and ~historogra-
phlcaly inscribed. These particulars,
I believe, are concidered the points OF
interest for visitors to Pilsen. But I re-
late them only because / nave to state
hat wages in this famOusly rich
brewery run On the grand average, for
the $500 Workmen, from $3.50 to
$500 q week. We saw some of the
eating places of the single men who
boarded within the brewery. They
were swinish. This brewery employs
only unorganized WOrkmen. An at
tempt was made some time ago to i'm
prove their conditions through organi-
zation. AS the story goes, the mana
ger, on receiving a committee from
the men, said thai their representa-
tons sounded reasonable and he
would review their demands at a gem
eral meeting Of the workmeE. When
assembled, the men were asked If
many of them really were organized,
and if SO, to make a showing Of the
fact by a division-the unorganized to
stand fast and the organized to move
TO one side. Done.
VERY WELL, pronounced the mana