The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1912-04-20

druggists everywhere.
was informed by Andrew Furuseth, rep
resenting the international Seamen's I'M
ion, that Joker" existed in the alien
scamens bill already reported to the
House, which would nullify the Chinese
exclusion act. The provision permits
alien seamen to land in the United
States upon notifying the immigration
officer of the port of entry that they
intend to reship. The immigration com
niittee has taken the matter under adj
visement.
Some workers look on their trade UNI
ion as a slot machine. They think that
By putting in 80 cents a month or So a
| year, for instance, an eight -hour-day
and an increased wage scale will auto
! rratically roll out. A trade union is
/ not a thing in itself Men talk about
| their union as it it were something sep
arate distinct and apart from them
! selves. They growl about the union.
| They bemoan its shortcomings and over
| look entirely their obligations and their
! failures. They fail to see that they
themselves are the union and only as
they live and talk and act as union
men will the union prosper and be
what it was intended for-simply an
instrument TO make possible the col
lective action of the workers. A union
is not a machine that you can stand up
against the wall to throw rocks at, and
then secure benefits every time the mood
comes over you. There is no such thing
Al.
the union. Don't be slot machine UNI
icnist
About one hundred unorganized comb
makers in the celluloid works in Arling-
ton recently went on a strike against
reduction in wages and they have won
a brilliant victory and have returned to
work, An organization is now being
perfected which will include all of the
employees in the works.
1t was stated on the floor of Parlia.
ment during the recent discussion on
the minimum wage bill that there were
725SS6 coal miners in England; l3l ,3l5
in Scotland and l74,776 in Wales,
total OF l,03l,o77 in the places men
toned.
! take this opportunity Of publicly
thanking our new and progressive alder. |
man from ward for his timely action |
on behalf of the drinking cup nuisance,
and last but not least, for bringing to |
light the unsanitary conditions which I
exist in the stores and workshops of /
our city. | am sure when the health /
committee confers with the board OF I
health and the latter body is set in ac- |
ton they will find work which will keep /
them busy for the next six months to I
come. 1t is just such men as Alderman I
Dawson who are needed on our munich
pal board, men who are not afraid to +
cal spade a spade when they know
these conditions exist; men who first I
and foremost place the lives of our citi.
zens in the foreground; men who are
far more interested in the general up
lift than they are in bringing the strong
arm of the law into play to subdue a
few striking workmen from distributing
handblls to their fellow workmen.
Again, | say, all hail to the progress
sizes!
The minimum wage bill passed by the
English Parliament contains the fol-
lowing provisions: Every worker under
ground in a coal mine shall be entitled
by law to a minimum rate of pay.
This to be part of every contract EN-
ployer compelled to pay not less than
minimum rate settled under the act for
particular district. Miner can sue own
er in civil court for wages of not less
than minimum rates ANY contract modi-
e4|.,A l.
mum wage payable from time miners
return to work. Aged and infrm miners
excepted Safeguards for owners shall
be established by rules for regularity
and efficiency of work. Noncompliance
with the rules shall deprive the miner
of the right to a minimum wage. Rates
of pay and safeguarding rules shall be
settled by the Joint district boards for
the various districts Joint district
boards shall be formed by employers
and miners representatives in equal
numbers, with a chairman appointed b,
agreement, Jr, failing that, by Board
o. Trade. The chairman of a Joint dis
trict board shall have a casting vote in
the event of disagreement. Country
divided into twenty-one districts. Pow
or OF revision on three months notice
by either side or both, after wage rate
las been in force one year. Bill to be
in force only three years unless pro-
Ionged by Parliament. No penal pro-
visions for either side. No compulsion
to open mines; no compulsion on min
ars to work.
Declaring that they were tired or
working in the dark room from a. m.
to 8 p. m. for s. per week, fifty girls
employed by moving picture manufac-
turing concern of New York have gone
1n strike for more money and shorter
lours. / don't know il our girls in Barre
= ork in the dark, but IL seems to me
)n the meagre wages they get, that