Wheeling majority. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1907-192?, 1913-02-27

the country. Croatia reports pr,-
gress and lower emigration figures.
proof that the trades unions at least
can make the position Of the worker
somewhat bearabIe, and give him
more trust in himself. Good words
and charity never achieved a similar
result. = The Roumanian~trades Mn.
ions, In consequence of the war in
the neighboring lands, are in an ex.
ecptiona1 position and their activity
is hindered The right of combina.
ton among the state workers has
been taken away by the government
which supports TIE employers efforts
to form yellow" or blackleg nm
ion: = In Servia. also, the movement
labors under the almost Asiatic back
wardness Of the governing classes.
H@r yer, the trades unions have de-
Ye.os Ind founded trade papers
The war naturally, has curtailed ac
tiyity so I, we must wait to see If
the move.4ant will overcome this
catastrophe. Switzerland supplies
ia full report with many instructive
statistics. A chapter ON social legiS.
lation is especially interesting. Italy
has many National Centres, and he
sides those~affiliated to the Interna.
tional Secretariat, there are the syn.
#dicalists and catholcists who Of
course, make common. action practi.
cally impossible Despite this a sue.
.cessful and Influential one-day gener-
al strike was held as a protest against
the Tripolitan war adventure: Most
OF the organized workers in Italy are
W.; l1l
but short report according to which
the membership of the trades unions
has grown to round 100, 600: a result
following on the brutality of the gov
eminent and the avariciousness Of
home and foreign capitalists. = The
United States of America forwarded
an extensive report in which the edu-
cational value and influence of the
trades unions is emphasized The nu.
merous achievements as regards So
al legislature and in the sphere of
agriculture show that in the United
States the fight between capital and
labor becomes ever more earnest, and
that the workers understand we'll
how TO procure. better wages and con
ditions by means of their organiza-.
lions.
The second part of the Internation-
al Report which consists of the infor-
nation supplied by thhe International
or Worlds Secretariats of the various
trads and industries is quite new AL
together there are at present % such
Secretariats in the modern labor
movement, "a of which have their
headquarters in Germany, two in
England, and enc each in Holland
and Switzerland, The memberships
were in 1912 as follows: Bakers 63z7
1877 Gin Is different countries), build
ing worekrs Assoc (14), brewery
workers 1861, (8), bookbinders 49,
588 12), Topographic trades 134,70O
QN, factory workers 267,052 CO,
BARRIERS 400 (31, municipal workers
64,786 (S), glass workers 42,450 90.
woodworkers 100000 coy, hotel and
restaurant employees 28,129 90, hat
tiers 10000 13l, fur workers 6,046
az, photographers 1926 GA, metal
workers 970,420 (18), chinaware
workers $1,000 CD, saddlers 1857
(5), tailors 101,50O (15), shoe and
leather workers 64,400 (1I, stone
workers $4,000 (16), tobacco workers
50,125s CD, transport workers S21,S16
(21, potters 1878 (6), total 3,703,59I
memoirs, so that inclusive of the mi
ners and textile workers, ETC., we'll
over five million workers are affili-
ated to the various International Sec
retariats.
Nearly all the special reports give
information regarding the history and
position of the respective Secretari-
ats. These descriptions show. how
early the workers sought to get into
closer touch with their brothers in
other lands and to work in common,
AS the tSecretariats have special du-
ties to fulfill in the labor movement,
the inclusion of their reports in. the
, International Report should be in
structive and useful 1t would be bet
ter if these reports were more uni
form and furnished with statistics
Figures are very useful in an inter
national review: It inspires the work
er with self-confidence when he can
see the progress made by his com
rades in other lands Figures are use
full for comparison and help on re
! form in those places where there is
something to improve Therefore it
is to be desired that the Information
al Report, which appears in German,
English, French, and Swedish, will be
extensively made us Of by all engaged
in the labor movement.