Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1918-07-12
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in charge of big operations in this
vicinity say the chief trouble with
the unskilled labor situation in many
respects is to keep men on the job.
The scarcity of labor is being grad
ually overcome through the stabiliz-
ing plans of the State Council of
National Defense and the work of
employers and foremen. The NOV
ing OF gangs of laborers from one
GArt of the state to another at the
Whim of boss or under the blan-
dishments of scout for an indus
trial plant or an employment agency
with contract to fill, has been pret-
~ well checked. Men no longer
come to work one day and leave the
next night for some other county,
but the trouble is now that they go
from job to job in the same locality.
There are few more interesting stud
les in human nature possible than in
observing the way men act when re-
cefving more pay than ever accus-
toned to in their lives. Some of
them Will work three to four days a
week and develop illness This is
getting common as the weather
grows warmer. But there are ways
of correcting that. Now the trouble
seems to be that men engaged on
! hear that the men of another line of
| work in the same plant or operation
are getting a couple of cents more
per hour The result is that the men
| in charge of the latter will probably
have lot of applicants who do not
tell where they have been working
but who are eager for jobs. And
1t is only when the men in charge
OF employment get down to it that
1t is found that one department
stands in a fair way to rob the
other. But this is being corrected.
An uptown pup of good breeding
and careful attention at home was
| affected by a wanderlust the other
day and came sixteen blocks down
into the business section of Harris
burg and went into a store. The
people in the store thought he be-
| longeq to q customer and smiled at
him until the dog noticed the cash
| carriers whizzing about the estab-
lishment. Some instinct from a bird
dos ancestor stirred within and with
a joyous bark he started down the
aisle after the bird" which prompt
ly took ali upward flight But a
minute later along came another
with series of short staccato barks
the delighted dog started in pursuit.
He did this a couple of times and
then they tied him up and t~lephon-
ed the owner, whose name was on
the collar.
! The June 27 number of the Manu-
facturers News, of Chicago, contains
an extensive discussion of the Penn
sylvania Workmen's Compensation
system by Chairman Harry A.
Mackey. Fhe article deals especially
with awards and is the first authori-
tative article upon the manner in
1 which the Pennsylvania board has
dealt with the problems arising out
of the Keystone states complex in
dustrial conditions. In the course
of his paper he says regarding a
phase which interests everyone:
I"Claims are constantly presented
asking for compensation for apo
plexy, various forms of heart disease,
pneumonia, tuberculosis. appended
tbs, assesses, nervous shock, nephri-
tbs, peritonitis, paralysis, aneurism,
and embolism. 1t is just as import
ant to society that an unestablished
1 claim be disallowed as that worthy
one should receive prompt compen-
sation. To that end there must he
complete and harmonious co-or-
dination of medical and legal learn
ing producing final judgments that
, shall appeal to the common sense
/, of the community.
II State Fisheries Department Off
. cials have placed a ban on wooden
minnows containing more than three
hooks. The minnow with three
! rows of hooks, each row contain
{ ing three hooks is considered as
. nine hooks and is against the law.
al A burr of three points is rated as
a three hooks. The treble hooks may
? be used i'll Lake Erie, but not in
! the streams within the state and
vi under this ruling will do away with
some of the old-fashioned fishing
when men put out outlines with i
dozen hooks and the wooden min
nows with from six to dozen hooks
Teries Department has made this rul-
ing in reference to the use of what
is termed artificial bait: There is
nothing in the act of July 2S, 1917.
(the fish code) prohibiting the sale
of plug bait with three treble hooks.
The only restriction is that they can
not be used in the island waters of
this Commonwealth with three
| treble hooks. The department con-
siders burr of three points as three
hooks"
From all accounts the bass fisher
men have been having q good time
in the Conodoguinet. This stream
has not been affected by the rains
as have the Juniata and the Sus-
quehanna and the bites are fully up
to the reputation of the stream. The
Conodoguinet has been noted for the
fine quality of the bass to be taken
in It and although people from 9TH
er counties stumble over the name
they like tc sit by it's banks. The
SusqUehanna salmon do not appear
to he biting very we'll as yet in this
neighborhood, the coal dredgers
probably having frightened them off
for a while. 40