The L'Anse sentinel. (L'Anse, L.S., Mich.) 18??-current, 1916-09-30
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A Chrtstiania disparch sBys that tne
compulsory arbitration law, requiring
the submission Of industrial disputes
10 a stnte tribunal which was passed
in spite Of the opposition Of the labor
ing clnss appears to be operating 10
the decided advantage Of the working
men. Recenf findings by the arbitrh-
ton board have given the employees
of manufacturers Of iron and electrical
supplies minimum wage of eight 10
ten lore" Pc hour and general In
crense in wages of ten ore, while their
original demand was four TO six ore
and five ore, respectively, the award
being about twice the amount demand
ed The employees were also granted
four days vacation instead OF six as
demnnded% The present number OF
hours OF work per week 551a, was sus-
taioed. while % per cent increase was
granted for overtime. The working
men had demanded 30 per cent for
overtime. Many other demands of the
workingmeD We're granted in part, and
the total additional expense 10 which
| the employers will he put as result
of wage increases, sick Insurance, and
! so forth will he about six or seven mil
lion kroner annually. The number OF
employees affected is about 1900
Although conservative men view with
alarm the craze for speculation that
has seized Norwegian investors, the
situation in the Norwegian stock mar
ket is tranquility itself compared with
the turbulnnce which reigns in the ex-
chnnge in Copenhagen, declares Dag
bladet. Some Of the most daring Nor
weginn SPECTATORS hive therefore left
Norway und gone III Copenhagen and
huve plunged into the Danish Monte
Carlo of stock speculation. Wild soar.
iugs mark the course of the stock mar
ket every day, and instances have oc
curred where quotations hGve varied
200 per cent in day. Variations OF
20 to 30 per cent are common. Shares
OF one company are quoted al l,M
per cent above what they We're III the
outbreak Of the war.
According 10 press reports, Norwe
gian socialists We're refused passes
through Germany 10 the internationa,
conference of neutral socialists which
was held al The Hague, Holland. Three
leading socialists of Norway, Linn,
Traenmnl and Vidnes had planned to
70 10 the conference as Representatives
Of the party in Norway but the Ger
man consul general in Christlunia de.
| clined TO issue the required passports
10 them A. AHmodt representing the
Norwegian Iron and Metal Workers
was also refused a passport TO Stuti-
CART, Germany, where the German metal
workers union planned 10 celebrate
! their twenty fifth anniversary
One Of the principal exporters Of fish
in Nordland, Norway, is authority for
the statement that never before has so
little fish been hung up TO dry il Nor
way as during the present season. Usu-
ally about fourteen million fish are
dried in the country. now. only about
million are being dried. The req
son for this is the heavy demand for
fish from the warning nations. who
have their agents in the fishing cepters
and buy up all the fish they can Oh
tain, either fresh or sailed.
In spite of the efforts of the govern
ment to keep down the price Of food
most Of the food products have risen
rapidly the present year. For instance.
meat was 93 per cent higher in June
and July, 1916. than al the outbreak of
the war in 1915; pork is "a per cent
higher. eggs and dairy products are
fully as high. On the whole the prices
are at least So per cent higher now
than in 1914.
A fire at Folsjo, Telemarkeh, exposed
valuable forest 10 danger recently.
but the prompt arrival Of fire fighters
| by special train and by automobiles
prevented the disaster. The fire was
caused by the falling of tree against
an electric transmission line. which set
| il afire. The FIRE began spreading and
for time the situation was very
serious.
A dye manufacturing company, CAPT
talized at $4,000, has been organ
izedCat Fredrikstad. Norway. and will
establish factory there. A newly dis
covered process will be utilized in the
new factory and electricity will furnish
the power.
Anathon Bjorn. an archeologist, en-
ployed by the Bergen museum, has
founi interesting relies of the stone
age at Vaagso, in Sondmor. The relics
consist of grindstones, weapons of flint
and implements of granite.
| Twas Raining.