The Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1???-1928, 1911-09-25
World Of Labor
News from All Parts of the World,
Of General Interest to the Worker

parts or the empire. Against aCCl"
dent were insured 14,S54,000 males
and $4,000 females Against COM
plete invalidity, or inability to work.
were insured 10,707 100 males and A.
RAJ, 200 females. There were 5,540,S25
cases Of illness dealt with, 1,02l,16S
cases of accident and 1924 fresh
pensions for invalidity in addition to
the existing 9S3,3J4 pensions Old age
pensions numbered in all lS0,643. The
income from insurance was S9l ,59S,S0o
marks flour marks equal roughly sn.
of which 4t2,40T,700 marks were con-
tributed by the employers and 342,-
076.300 by the workmen. The imperial
contribution was 51,500,700 marks.
The total expenditure was 59S,s24,200
marks.
Washington --Whve the labor unions
In this country are largely confined to
trades and special callipgs. those Of
Australia cover nearly every magma
BILE character of work There Is now
being organized "rahbiters' union.
der the auspices of what is known as
the '"Trappers' lesgue.' The men
eligible to the "rabbiters' union, as
the name signifies. are those engaged
In the hunting of rabbits for the mar
ket. Already, through the efforts of
the young organization. the minister
OF agriculture has made arrangements
for the freezing and packing of rab-
bits to meet the requirements of the
rabbit hunters for the coming season.
This action on the part of the min
lister is to guard against the rabbit
combine"
Berlin, GERMANY thorough and
practical system OF technical educa-
ton Is responsible very largely for
the success of the shipbuilding indus
try In Germany. There are dozen
schools and colleges devoted almost
exclusively to marine architecture and
engineering and they are maintained
by the government for the purpose
of training men to do the work. There
are a dozen ships for training sailors
and officers for the merchant marine
as we'll as for the imperial navy. Ev-
cry young officer on board a German
steamer has been educated for his
profession as thoroughly as doctor,
lawyer or an electrical engineer.
indianapolis. International
labor union has moved It's principal
headquarters to Indiana, the union be-
Ing the Retail Clerks International as
ISOLATION, which opened Offices at
Lafayette, August 1, after having
maintained headquarters at Denver
for many years, This is the second
international union locating It's head
quarters in Lafayette, as that city al
ready was the headquarters for the
Painters International union.
Los Angeles, Cal-Mrs. M A.
Waite. dressmsker, is the first en-
ployer to be convicted In this city
of violation of the new eight-hour
workday for women. Mrs. Waite was
found guilty OF having employed two
girl seamstresses more than eight
hours day. In her defense Mrs
Waite asserted her constitutional
right" TO employ women more than
eight hours a day If employers In
other states are permitted to do so
Minneapolis affiliating with
the Minneapolis central body must
outline their claims as to jurisdiction
over work, and they have agreed to
submit to the will Of the majority in
any suhrequent ruling that may he
made, so there Is no chance OF cos
saticn Of bulldog operations because
of any disagreement between the
unions themselves
London, Eng There Is a growing
disposition on the part Of the shlp
owners In various PARTS Of the world
to employ Chinese crews Chinese
sailors and firemen received about Sc
or 81 gold a month and stewards S.
to 81. while the average price paid 10
other nationalities reaches about sij
gold month
| Berlin, Germany The report OF the
| State and Municipal Employees union
in Germany shows a membership Of
BASS at the end Of 1910, an in
crease of 6,-74 against 1909. The total
income Of 1910 was s203.5 500. the eX
penditure $4,000, fands in hand
$4,000.
Toronto, Can.--Tho Canadian trades
and labor congress will hold con
vention at Calgary on September II
Paris. france Within the last A
years the number OF women workers
in France has almost doubled
Havana. Cuba 1.-The cigar industr!
in Cuba employs 3,342 females.
| Washington. According To DR. Ku
wada. member Of the japanese
house OF peers, more than two-ffthl
Of the 100000 factory hands are wo
men and children. With no laws e
fear or evade, says writer In Sue
cess, the mill owners are emplorin'
10000 children under the age OF I (
In the match and tobacco industries
particularly the work is for the mos
part done by children and of thes,
many are under 10 years Of age.
Washington hundred en-
ployes of the International Harveste
works at Moscow. Russia, are Of
strike.
Lost.
Il spent more than $4,000 on n
daughters voice. Now she has gol
and got married, and ] suppose 81