Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1917-02-25

work may not exceed z hours anl
 night work and dangerous unhealthy
 employment is prohibited to women
 and children under 16. Commercial
 establishments may not work their
 employees after 10 p. m. Children
 from IF to 16 have a six hour day and
 ployed. Women may not be required
 to do hard physical labor for three
 months before child birth, and may
 not labor for one month after that
 time but for this month they shall
 receive full pay, retain their jobs and
 all the rights of their e ntracts. They also must be given two extra rest periods of half hour each during the nursing period. The minimum salary of each region will be fixed on q
 basis which will provide each man
 with the necessities of fife, his educa- tiOn and honest amusements consider ing him as the head of family. In all farming, commercial manufactul- ing and mining enterprises the em. ployes have the right to participate 1 in the profits. The percentage of
 such participation will be fixed by a i commission in each municipality
 which will act under the central com-
 mission of conciliation esta blished n
 each state. Salaries must be paid in ] legal tender. For the same labor
 there shall be no distinction in salary
 made by reason of sex or national
 ity. Double time must be paid for
 over time which shall not exceed
 three hours a day nor continue for
 more than three consecutive days
 Women and children under 16 may not work overtime. Farming, min.
 ing and industrial companies outside of towns are obligated to provide
 proper and healthy houses for their
 employees for which they may charge
 not more than one-half per cent
 monthly of the assessed tax value of
 the same. They also must estab- fish schools, hospitals and other in- stitutions necessary to community. 7, When the community exceeds two hundred the employers also must pro. vide a market place and municipal building and recreation grounds within which the sale of intoxicants and gambling, is prohibited. En- ployers are held resp onsible for in- juries received in performing labor | e%Au AO1 OACoOIOAdl ulSCd0C duU must pay indemnity for same accord ing to the laws. Employers must provide for the health of employees : and adopt all necessary measures to guard against accidents. Both work men and employees may combine i'll association to protect their respective interests. The laws recognize both the right to strike and to close down s Strikes are legitimate when they have for their object the preservation ol equilibrium between the various fac | tors of production and the harmoniz. i, ing of the rights of labor with those of capital. It is obligatory for the Q workmen to give ten days notice te
 the commission of conciliation anG Q arbitration before strik 'ng. A strike shall be declared illegal always
 when the majority of tie strikers ex
 ercise violence against persons ol eI property and in the case of workme. c employed in governm snt establish : ments in time of war Employees o Il government ammunition factories ar' S not included in the section regardin' : strikes as they are under authorit.
 of the army. Complere close down e shall be legal only when the exces h of production makes the suspensio! e of work necessary to maintain price :, at reasonable limit and when ap t proval has been given by the councl e of conciliation and arbitration. Tn l. differences between capital and labo l. will be subject to the decision of tn
 council of arbitration and concilia o tion formed of an equal number J '- representatives of capital and labo s and one member of the government e If an employer refuses to submit hi case to this council or abide by it '- decision, he terminates his contract > with his employees and is obliged t < pay them three months salary. If tn !. workmen refuse, their contracts ar Il terminated. An employer who di !, charges an employe without iu