The Watertown weekly leader. [volume] (Watertown, Jefferson County, Wis.) 1912-1917, 1916-06-20
IN THE FATHERLAND
INTERESTING BITS OF NEWS
FROM THE GREAT GERMAN
EMPIRE.
WHAT'S DOING IN OLD HOME
summary OF the Most important Hap
penngs In the Land Of the Kaiser
Timely Items for the German
Readers.

penings In the Land Of the kaiser-
Timely Items for the German
Readers.
Before the war there were in Rhine
lands and Westfalen 227 factories en-
ploying altogether 10,150 women. On
the first of August, 1915, there were
$40 factories and 42,270 woman en-
ployees. Out of 33 factory districts
there were only two in which no wom-
en- were working. In factories en-
gagged in supplying the needs of the
armies the number of woman en-
ployees increased from $500 to $4,000.
Women everywhere are found per-
forming the most severe physical la
Dor, where they must prove their
proficiency or run the risk Of terrible
accidents. That they have become
proficient seems apparent from the
fact that only 81 cases Of women
being injured at work were recorded
throughout 1915. Seventy-hve per cent
of the women work ten hours day or
more, and their wages vary from two
and half to eighteen cents an hour.
Most employers refuse to recognize
the principle of equal pay for equal
work The question was raised in 277
factories and only los of the employ
ers yielded and agreed to pay the
women the same rates as the men.
In all other works the women receive
from 40 to 80 per cent of the rate Of
pay given to the men
In the name of the Berlin Artists
association it's president. Prof. Rudolf
Schultz, has protested vigorously to
the proper authorities against the re-
cent ruling that the war profits tax
shall apply to all receipts Of more
than $3.50 accruing from paintings.
The whole tendency of such a ruling,
Professor Schultz contends, will be to
depress automatically the prices of
works of art to point below $3.50,
and thus work injustice and injury to
aspiring and ambitious artists or to
the families of men who have died
recently and who are dependent upon
the returns from inherited paintings.
"A
declares, is nothing more or less than
direct penalty for earnest, ener-
getic, artistic work, and at the same
time distinct encouragement to the
producers of copies of famous works
of art. Individual effort and initia-
tive, he feels will suffer inevitably at
the expense of initiative work.
The commandant in Brandenburg
province has followed the example of
other military commandments in vari-
Gus places in Germany by an order
designed to stop extravaganza by
young spenders. Persons under eight
cen years old will hereafter receive
only IS marks of their weekly wage
and one-third of any amount in ex-
cess of that sum. The rest must be
deposited by the employer in city
savings bank to the credit of the own
er, not to be touched until after the
war. Only in cases where it can be
proved that the young wage-earner's
family needs all his Cor herr wages
will special exceptions be made.
Calling John E. Redmond a recruit
ing officer for the British army, and
saying that Ireland's hope for auto
nomy lies with Germany in the peace
council at the end of the war, Judge
ONeill Ryan of ST Louis bitterly
scored England for her treatment of
Ireland, and arraigned America for
her practical alliance with the Brit
ish coalition" before 500 Irish sympa-
thizers at the Pence auditorium in
Minneapolis. The meeting was under
the auspices of the Friends of Irish
Freedom. A resolution thanking Ger
many for her aid in the recent revolt
| was passed.
The city Of rpandau does not be-
lieve in encouraging pet dogs at a
time when human beings can easily
use all available food. The old dog
taxes, therefore, of S. a year per dog,
have been radically changed. Dog
owners now have to pay an annual tax
of SIS for one animal. IL they own
more than one, each additional dog
costs them $25 a year. In other
words, it has become luxury in Span
dau to keep pets.
President Wilson must make an en-
tire change Of his attitude toward
Germany before he undertakes the
role of peacemaker, said the Lokal
Anzeiger, discussing the presidents
speech before the League to Enforce
Peace. 1.-THE German note of May b
shows him the means through which
he can improve his position" said the
newspaper. ut demands that he not
only demand respect for international
law, but that he enforce it."
For the first time since the outbreak
of the war. meat is hard to obtain in
the capital and the larger cities Of the
German empire. Meat lines have
grown as long as the butter and milk
| lines" and those forming them must
sometimes wait for hours before they
can procure the quota allotted. Pros
poets for good pork production are
said to be excellent. The one bright
ray in Germany's national cupboard
is the fact that the grain prospects
for the nrespnt wear AFRO aYceedinplV