The copper era and Morenci leader., 1912-08-30

even sixteen hours a day, seven days a week There are so many poor peo- pie in Japan who are willing to work any. number of hours for a living wage that the manufacturers them-i selves never would limit hours of la bor, nor take precautions to guard thei health of their employees. The govern ment has taken the first step by pass ing law designed to relieve the workers. That clause of the law pro! h1biting the employment of children under twelve years will not become effective for two years. The law fur ther says that children under fifteen and women must not work longer than twelve hours day; fifteen and six teen hours for both these classes has been the rule.
 New Orleans.-Organtzati of the Brotherhod of Timber Workers in western Louisiana and eastern Texas to remedy evils which have grown up in that work, mainly the company store and check system of payment, has been met by the Southern Sawmill Operators association by shutting down twenty-four of the largest plants and discharge of all men, and the
 
 closed as fast as organizers get busy with the men. The men claim that the system employed by the mill own CTS Is reducing them to condition of peonage, and that now is as good time as any to bring about change of conditions.
 Boston.-Drivers of milk wagons are to receive vacation of one week a year on full pay, one full holiday extra each month, and a minimum wage of SIS week, according to the terms of an agreement settling a strike this week. About five hundred milk drivers are affected, according to reports re- ceived at the office of the International Brotherhood of Teamsters, although these drivers are not union men. Ac- cording to the report made to head quarters, wages before the strike, which lasted three days, were from s10 to SIP 8 week. This is the first agreement ever made by the team sters' union which provided for vaca- ton on pay.
 New York.-Business men who have interests in the Argentine republic have received adv1ces indicating that situation has arisen there which may have an effect upon the labor market here. On account of the cholera in Italy, emigration from that country to Argentina has been practi- cally forbidden and this will probably lead the South American republic to seek Italian laborers from this coun- try. Farm laborers in Argentina re- ceive S2 in gold day and board dur ing the busy season.
 Hannibal, Mo.-United States At torney Charles A. Houts has filed suit in the district court here, charging that the Missouri, Kansas & Texas railroad has illegally required tele- graph operators to work more than nine hours in a day of twenty-four. The petition alleges the company re- quired certain of it's operators to re- main on duty longer than nine hours, for which there was no emergency. This Is the first action of this nature brought in the Hannibal court
 London, Eng.-According to the lat est obtainable information, the strik- CTS win the following wage increases: Dockers' union, $1,O40,00O yearly; car mems union, $1.O65,00O yearly; coal porters' union, $301 ,000 yearly; light ermen's union, $465,000; tankers, union, $95,0O0, and Btllingsgate DOT ters union, $50,000. These represent a membership of around 248,5O0. The loss in wages during the strike is put at $425,000.
 Detroit, Mich.-The padrone sys- tenn, against which the United States immigration authorities and various philanthropic and reform bodies have contended for many years, prevails among the Greek bootblacks of this city, according to the findings of a young Greek investigator employed by the state labor commissioner
 San Francisco.-A. L. Hollis. statis- tician of the Building Trades council, says that there is great activity in the building trades at present, and that, in addition to work now on hand, more than $1O,0OO,O0O worth is in con- temptation.
 San Francisco.-The Housesmiths' union defeated the proposed amend ment to it's constitution that would have compelled all members of the union to secure work only through the business agent.
 San Francisco.-TheC California Ship wrights and Caulkers' association will demand a wage of $5 per day for all members of the union, an increase of $1 per day for goodly percentage of the membership.
 Dublin. Ireland.-The total import and export trade at Irish ports in 1909. being the latest statistics available. was $611, 1,601, ,51O, as compared with S569, ,466.96S in 1908, an increase of s42,134,542 The imports were valued at $311. ,s3O and the exports $3O0. 402 ,630.
 Los Angeles, Cal.-During the last hnE.